Carol Channing: Larger Than Life (2012)
-
89% of critics liked it
(27 reviews) -
91% of users liked it
(229 ratings)
The story of legendary performer Carol Channing's life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. In Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, director Dori Berinstein, with co-writer Adam Zucker, captures the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon - both onstage and off...past and… More The story of legendary performer Carol Channing's life is as colorful as the lipstick on her big, bright smile. In Carol Channing: Larger Than Life, director Dori Berinstein, with co-writer Adam Zucker, captures the magic and vivacity of the 90-year-old icon - both onstage and off...past and present. The film is both an intimate love story and a rarefied journey inside Broadway's most glamorous era. It is, above all, a look at an inspiring, incomparable and always entertaining American legend. -- (C) Official Site
- Directed By
- Dori Berinstein
- Genres
- Documentary, Television, Musical & Performing Arts
PG,
- In Theaters
- Jan 20, 2012 Limited
- Studio
- Dramatic Forces
Critic Reviews
-
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
There's more than stage talk in Dori Berinstein's documentary: Hiding within it is a remarkable, moving love story.
-
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
There's little sense of the Carol Channing beneath the overdone makeup - if there is one - except maybe to celebrate her fourth marriage to a high school classmate who died recently.
-
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Carol Channing is 91 going on 7. That is meant as a compliment.
-
Leba Hertz, San Francisco Chronicle
[Captures] the essence of Carol as one of those creatures of the theater that when you see her onstage, you know you've seen something special.
-
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
Not merely affectionate but cheerfully indulgent.
See more critic ratings and reviews on Rotten Tomatoes
Fresh (60% or more critics rated the movie positively)
Rotten (59% or fewer critics rated the movie positively)
Featured Audience Ratings
Currently unavailable on Flixster
Also available on
Other Retailers
Subscription Services
Not Available
Not Available
Not Available
Cast
-
Carol Channing
as Carol Channing
-
Harry Kullijian
as Harry Kullijian
-
Loni Anderson
as Loni Anderson
-
Mary Jo Catlett
as Mary Jo Catlett
-
Marge Champion
as Marge Champion
-
Tyne Daly
as Tyne Daly
-
Phyllis Diller
as Phyllis Diller
-
Betty Garrett
as Betty Garrett
-
Tippi Hedren
as Tippi Hedren
-
Jerry Herman
as Jerry Herman
-
Angela Lansbury
as Angela Lansbury
-
Rich Little
as Rich Little
-
Bob Mackie
as Bob Mackie
-
Jimmy Nederlander, Sr.
as Jimmy Nederlander, Sr.
-
Debbie Reynolds
as Debbie Reynolds
-
Chita Rivera
as Chita Rivera
-
Harvey Sabinson
as Harvey Sabinson
-
George Schlatter
as George Schlatter
-
Richard Skipper
as Richard Skipper
-
Lily Tomlin
as Lily Tomlin
-
Tommy Tune
as Tommy Tune
-
Bruce Vilanch
as Bruce Vilanch
-
Barbara Walters
as Barbara Walters
-
Jo Ann Worley
as Jo Ann Worley
-
Kaye Ballard
as Kaye Ballard
