So last night I watched the premiere of Lifetime’s “Britney Ever After.” Although, admittedly, I wasn’t expecting much based on the commercials, I love Britney Spears, so I decided to watch it in hopes that I would learn more about her. I also hoped that this unauthorized biopic would pay homage to her and not be all tabloid-y.

6 Things Wrong With Lifetime’s Britney Ever After

1. The Britney Spears Portrayal Is Bad – The actress portraying Britney Spears looks nothing like her. I get more of an Amanda Seyfried/Katherine Heigl mashup vibe. She sounded a bit like her when she spoke but that is where the similarities end.

2. The Justin Timberlake Portrayal Is Worse – The actor portraying Justin Timberlake looked nothing like him, except for the iconic hairdo when he was with NSync. Other than that, no bueno. He also came off as a bit of a dork. Sure, Justin was a teen in a lot of this biopic, but I didn’t feel like he was accurately portrayed. They turned Justin Timberlake into K-Fed. Ouch.

3. There Were Several Historical Inaccuracies – From wig color changes to denim jumpsuits where there used to be denim dresses, Lifetime seems to either have many, many of their facts wrong or they took huge liberties with history. Either way, these things could have easily been portrayed correctly, which makes me strongly question the validity of the rest of the biopic.

4. There Is Not Enough Of Britney’s Music – The best things about Britney is her music and there just isn’t much of it in this movie. Why they highlighted her covers of Patsy Cline and Joan Jett tunes, and left out most of her more iconic hits is beyond me. I am assuming they couldn’t get the rights. And that really takes away from the experience.

5. Britney Came Off As A Love Starved Idiot – Britney Spears has had a successful career for almost 2 decades. I don’t think an idiot could pull that off. Also, it’s really easy to pick and choose unflattering moments from anyone’s life to make them look a certain way. I think that is exactly what was done in this biopic. It cared less about being factual and more about being sensational. I am OK with that sometimes. That Saved By The Bell one was great, lol. But they should have instead called it, “Brit Brit: An Unauthorized Biography” or something along those lines.

6. What’s With All The VMAs? – I know that Britney has had some really iconic performances at the VMAs. But come on. This biopic seemed to focus a very disproportionate amount of time on her VMA performances as compared to any of her other performances throughout her career. She didn’t just perform at the VMAs, people.

Final Thoughts On Britney Ever After

All in all, I watched it once but I probably wouldn’t watch it again. To me, the title, “Britney Ever After” implies that this would have paid homage to her. It did not. They chose select moments in her life that made her look weak and needy. And I just don’t think that is at all a total or fair representation of Britney Spears. If you are looking for a way to kill a couple hours, watch it. If you are looking for factual representation, pass.

Did You Watch Britney Ever After?

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