Could have been Audrey's La Vie En Rose oscar winner, instead is tedious and tepid. I wanted to see Coco as Channel with her wartime Nazi scandal and all her glamour. Still a fairly interesting look at Coco's rise.
Audrey Tautou,
Benoît Poelvoorde,
Alessandro Nivola,
Marie Gillain,
Emmanuelle Devos
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A little girl who is sent with her sister to an orphanage in the heart of France, who waits in vain every Sunday for her father to come for her...
A cabaret performer with a weak voice who ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 16, 2010
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December 29, 2009
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December 21, 2009
Is it just me, or does anyone else thinking this film is heavily sponsored (even suggested by) Chanel? I am certainly not the first to have noticed the strong links between the French movie industry and the fashion industry.
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November 8, 2009
Audrey Tautou, with her sparkling eyes and winning smile, established herself as one of our most beloved screen actresses in Jean-Pierre Jeunet's "Amelie". Oddly enough, perhaps her least glamorous role is that of a fashion designer.
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January 7, 2010
Yet another uninspiring biopic, in my eyes better suited for TV consumption. Even though it starts from her early years, there is no link to how she got her inspiration nor how her creativity developed. A more suited titled should have been Coco Before She Was Interesting.
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November 12, 2009
Visually pleasing, Audrey Tautou is simply stunning and delivers a high calibre performance as always. However, there is too much screen time spent telling her love life. I personally would've appreciated seeing more of Coco establishing her career, but what the hell. If women mu...( read more)
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February 3, 2010
Worth seeing for two reasons alone - Tatou as Chanel, brilliant as always; and the fashion. If you're not into either of those, don't bother.
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January 31, 2010
Amazing, I admire Coco Chanel and Audrey Tautou... they're both so inspiring.
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January 25, 2010
Another biography of an important woman, another painful love story. I'm starting to get very irritated about this. Anyway, I'm only keeping Audrey Tautou from this. I sure need more from a movie.
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