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Talk to Me is a 2007 biographical film about Washington, D.C. radio personality Ralph "Petey" Greene, an ex-con who became a popular talk show host and community activist, and Dewey Hughes, his friend and manager. The movie spans the time period May 1966 to January 1984, ending with the late Greene's memorial service.

Cast

Don Cheadle as Ralph Greene

Chiwetel Ejiofor as Dewey Hughes

Taraji P. Henson as Vernell Watson

Cedric the Entertainer as "Nighthawk" Bob Terry

Mike Epps as Milo Hughes

Martin Sheen as E.G. Sonderling

Vondie Curtis Hall as Sunny Jim Kelsey

Richard Chevolleau as Poochie Braxton

Alison Sealy-Smith as Freda

Elle Downs as Peaches

Herbert L. Rawlings, Jr. as James Brown

Damir Andrei as Frederick de Cordova

Jim Malmberg as Johnny Carson

Reception

The film received favorable reviews from critics. Review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a score of 82% based on reviews from 126 critics. On Metacritic, the film had an average score of 69%, based on 32 reviews.

Criticism over inaccuracies

The film has been criticized for allegedly not being true to the details of his life and career and for inventing incidents and rearranging locations, such as Petey's appearance on The Tonight Show, which never actually took place.

Greene's surviving family members did not cooperate with the making of the film and criticized it for taking liberties with his portrayal and those around him, such as showing Dewey Hughes giving a moving eulogy at Petey's wake, when in reality Hughes did not even attend the funeral.