Lifetime's COCO CHANEL Early Review
If there is one movie you cannot miss this week-end, it's Lifetime's COCO CHANEL. Now, before you say (or think) anything, it's very important for you to understand this is not the typical "Lifetime movie." This time, Lifetime went above and beyond and created such an amazing movie that it doesn't even feel like a TV movie.
Do you know how sometimes when you watch something on TV that's not very interesting, you start doing other things? Well, I couldn't keep my eyes off the TV while watching Coco Chanel, it was so good.
Coco Chanel premieres on Saturday, September 13 at 8pm and repeats on Sunday, September 14 at 7pm and Monday, September 15 at 8pm.
I do have to mention that the French accents were just not really good and it always feels weird to me that this is happening in France, but everyone is speaking English. However, I decided to look beyond that and that allowed me to enjoy the movie as much as I did.
Coco Chanel stars Shirley MacLaine, Malcolm McDowell, and Barbora Bobulova.
Let me list the 10 reasons why you should watch Coco Chanel:
#1 The story. Coco Chanel was such an important figure in the fashion industry that, as a woman, it was so interesting to find out how she revolutionized the clothes women wore.
#2 Barbora Bobulova who portays the young Coco Chanel is just amazing. I know the marketing focused a lot on Shirley MacLaine (who portays the older Coco Chanel), but I think Barbora Bobulova steals the movie. I absolutely loved her. Someone needs to put her in a movie, now!
(Fun Fact: Audrey Tautou is going to be portraying Coco Chanel in a movie version, "Coco avant Chanel," right now in pre-production. Even though there won't be the French speaking issue with the movie, I am curious so see how her interpretation of Coco Chanel compares with Barbora Bobulova's.)
#3 Shirley MacLaine who portrays the older Coco Chanel, because as always, she delivers quite a performance.
#4 The quality of the filmmaking is very impressive and so beautiful.
#5 Olivier Sitruk who portrays Boy Capel, whom I hadn't heard of before, but whom I now want to see in other films. Again, great performance.
#6 Sagamore Stevenin who portrays Etienne Balsan and his blue eyes, as well as his great performance.
#7 Malcolm McDowell who portrays Marc Bouchier and his unbelievable chemistry with Shirley MacLaine.
#8 Because this is how good actors should be in every movie we watch (that includes theatrical releases).
#9 Did I mention how incredible Barbora Bobulova is? Why hadn't I heard of her before?!
#10 Because this is the best Lifetime movie that I have ever seen.
You get the point. If there ever was one movie worth watching on Lifetime, it's Coco Chanel. So don't forget to tune in this Saturday, September 13, at 8pm.
You can watch a promo below, but be aware that it doesn't do the movie justice.
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I am watching this movie, but have decided that's it. The acting is atrocious, the dialog weak, and the storyline forced and exaggerated. As usual Lifetime inserts the Harlequin romance theme into the movie. Instead of learning about a powerful, creative fashion icon and business woman, we are bored by a typical Lifetime romance movie. Very disappointing.
It is just great to see the history of someone like Coco Chanel. Educational and inspiring at the same time even if it is slightly fictionalized or inaccurate...nice love story. My husband even got into it. Do you know how nice it was not to watch our millionth episode of Law & Order or another lame episode of Saturday Night Live?! Thanks for something historical.
saw coco chanel twice it was wonderful so imress with oliver sitruk good job hope to see him in more shows good job lifeline pat loucks
I enjoyed this movie both as a biography and as a colorful period piece. But Shirley MacLaine is one-dimensional as an expressionless Coco in her later years. She walks through the role like she's hitchhiking and goes in and out of a French accent like a revolving door. Shirley's been basically the same in every role she's played since "Terms of Endearment." and is surprisingly disappointing here...
Joseph-Alan, you are not kidding, you are telling it like it is about MacLaine.... but we have got to be patient with aging and the elderly and have work for them, keep making room for them in society and keeping places for them to make a contribution. It really is true what they say "The older I get, the younger it sounds.
Well, I liked the movie. It's better than I could have written!
And, as for Shirley MacLaine, PLEASE... she is absolutely wonderful in everything she plays. She's always a hateful old lady that expects the world the bow down at her feet, while at the same time just hoping for approval.
One thing though, at the end of the movie when they roll that writing through... it says "until her death at age 69 in 1971". She was born in 1883, right? Am I just reading that wrong? It is in like a #5 font.
Does anyone know the name of the seductive dance that Coco did with her live in boyfriend? I loved this movie. The acting was phenomenal- where have these actors been? And Shirley- well- don't we all watch her JUST to "Watch" her?!
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that was the first movie i ever cried after watching....it's great.