‘The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat’ Review: A Star Trio Carries This Slightly Tempered Version of Inseparable Friends Novel
variety.comLisa Kennedy It would be difficult to spoil one of most rousing scenes in “The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat,” if only because it figures mightily into the movie’s trailer.
One gets the sense that director Tina Mabry doesn’t intend to spoil the fun either so much as emphasize the feisty fealty she practiced in adapting Edward Kelsey Moore’s 2013 novel, which centers on lifelong friends Odette, Clarice and Barbara Jean, who’ve dubbed themselves after the famous Motown trio.
Mabry’s feelgood movie version is slated for an Aug. 23 release on Hulu. “Born fearless,” Odette (Kyanna Simone) prepares to box the handsy stepfather of acquaintance Barbara Jean (Tati Gabrielle), who is as cowed as she is pretty.
Her mother has just been buried, and Odette and her best friend Clarice (Abigail Achiri) have come bearing a grease-blotted box of fried chicken.
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