{"id":12269,"date":"2016-06-24T11:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=12269"},"modified":"2016-06-24T11:34:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T18:34:46","slug":"review-tonibraxton-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2016\/06\/review-tonibraxton-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart DVD"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>This is your basic made-for-TV movie that doesn\u2019t really offer anything new and being based on Braxton\u2019s own memoir, skewed one way thus is a bit biased. Still, the performances aren\u2019t half bad led by newcomer Lex Scott Davis and for fans of the singer, they might get something out of this, otherwise skip.<\/p>\n

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Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart<\/span>
\n(2016)<\/span>
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Genre(s): <\/strong>Drama, Music
\nLionsgate | NR \u2013 88 min. \u2013 $14.98 | June 14, 2016<\/p>\n

Date Published:<\/strong> 06\/24\/2016 | Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n

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<\/u>MOVIE INFO:
\n<\/u>Directed by: <\/strong>Vondie Curtis Hall
\nWriter(s): <\/strong>Toni Braxton (book \u2018Unbreak My Heart: A Memoir\u2019); Susan McMartin and Nicole Jefferson Asher (teleplay)
\nCast: <\/strong>Lex Scott Davis, Debbi Morgan, Gavin Houston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/u>DISC INFO:
\n<\/u>Features: <\/strong>None
\nDigital Copy: <\/strong>Yes
\nFormats Included: <\/strong>DVD
\nNumber of Discs: <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Audio: <\/strong>English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
\nVideo: <\/strong>Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
\nSubtitles: <\/strong>English SDH
\nRegion(s): <\/strong>1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Based on her memoir \u201cUnbreak My Heart,\u201d Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart<\/em><\/strong> follows the seven-time Grammy Award-winning R&B icon (LEX SCOTT DAVIS) from her discovery by L.A. Reid (GREG DAVIS JR.) and Kenneth \u201cBabyface\u201d Edmonds (GAVIN HOUSTON) to her recent battle with lupus. In light of surviving a public divorce and navigating her son\u2019s autism and family struggles, the movie follows the stars triumph over these challenges to become a global inspiration.<\/p>\n
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SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 0\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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This release comes with a matted slip cover<\/strong>. Inside is a code for the Digital Copy<\/u><\/strong>. No features were included.<\/p>\n
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VIDEO \u2014 3.75\/5 | AUDIO \u2014 3.75\/5<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart<\/em><\/strong> is presented with an anamorphic widescreen transfer and given a decent Dolby Digital 5.1 which showcases Braxton\u2019s music quite well.<\/p>\n
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OVERALL \u2013 3.5\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n
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Overall, this is your basic made-for-TV movie that doesn\u2019t really offer anything new and being based on Braxton\u2019s own memoir, skewed one way thus is a bit biased. Still, the performances aren\u2019t half bad led by newcomer Lex Scott Davis and for fans of the singer, they might get something out of this, otherwise skip.<\/p>\n

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This is your basic made-for-TV movie that doesn\u2019t really offer anything new and being based on Braxton\u2019s own memoir, skewed one way thus is a bit biased. Still, the performances aren\u2019t half bad led by newcomer Lex Scott Davis and for fans of the singer, they might get something out of this, otherwise skip.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,970],"tags":[4586,4587,4585,4584],"class_list":["post-12269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd-reviews","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-debbi-morgan","tag-gavin-houston","tag-lex-scott-davis","tag-toni-braxton"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12269"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12274,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12269\/revisions\/12274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}