Corsage

Well acted by Krieps but it gets repetitive and I have a hard time buying the ending as believable or even all that empowering.

In the film CORSAGE Vicky Krieps keeps this slow moving depiction of Elizabeth of Austria watchable but the other characters tend to fade into the background. The historical liberties taken do not bother me too much although I do wonder if the moving Muybridge style experimental photos (in long shots since by this time, 1878, Elizabeth was apparently loath being painted or photographed fearing that her looks were fading) of her actually took place. Still Krieps does a fine job at conveying Elizabeth's complex personality. For me though the actual production, complete with some rather tame pop music, does not maintain my interest consistently aside from Krieps significant portrayal.

Movie doesn't care about being historically accurate, it's focused on portrayal of a woman and in that sense I think movie portrays Empress Sisi better than any soapy biography ever could. Vicky Krieps's performance is charismatic and lively.

It was slow … and using a song written in 1970 by Kris Kristofferson (Help Me Make It Through The Night) in a story that takes place in the 1870's is ridiculous!

A great tale of love and loss that gets better with each minute that's passed.

Unbearably boring with no story and nothing at all to say about Empress Sissi. Pretty dresses, nice hairstyling, and beautiful cinematography mean nothing when the director is asleep at the wheel with no real perspective on this real historical person. Vicky Krieps has nothing to do or say. The acting is bad, boring, and everyone feels like a corpse. This felt like 4 hours. It's like an unfunny and dull version of The Favourite or if Marie Antoinette had nothing to say. Corsage is like if Spencer were garbage. The anachronistic music is quaint, but the lack of historical information makes Corsage truly easy to miss.

An intriguing film with a great central performance https://uberscaryblog.blogspot.com/2023/05/i-never-much-care-for-dead-plants.html

No story, unfortunately.

This may be one of the best movies I've seen on Sissi/empress Elisabeth, rivaling the original films with Romy Schneider in 1955, but updated and including all of the parts that everything else leaves out, even the new series on Netflix, the embrace, which is quite good, but this movie really really does the trick. The acting is incredible, the writing is wonderful, the lighting is fabulous. Highly highly recommend. And if you know anything about the subject matter, you will absolutely agree.

Corsage is a stylish, eclectic film. An intriguing film that is a little uneven at times but a fascinating one nonetheless. It's a biopic that plays a little loose with the truth to portray a famous figure in a slightly different light. The film centres on a year in the life of Empress Elizabeth of Austria. It's 1877 and she has just turned 40. She is bored with court life and her husband, Emperor Franz Joseph. She spends time worrying about her looks and weight. Each day she is strapped into a corsage to look slimmer. She travels to England and Bavaria to liven up her life. She wants to do greater things but is constrained by the times. This is a strange and interesting film. It's a meditation on loneliness and in some ways celebrity. It doesn't all work but it's centred by a stunning performance by Vicky Krieps. She is truly wonderful in a complex and varied role. It's beautiful to look at too, filmed in five countries including some incredible European palaces. It meanders at times but always had me involved.