Coco Chanel Stooped, Conquered by Lifetime
Lauren Garroni
August 19, 2008
Lifetime better get their fashion act together if they plan to succeed as the new home of Project Runway. Turns out the weepy network has a new MOW about fashion legend Coco Chanel -- and according the New York Times, it's not so good. (Why the Times is reviewing anything from Lifetime is anyone's guess.) The movie is rife with inaccuracies, starting with the actresses playing Chanel ... that being Barbara Bobulova as young Coco and screen legend Shirley McLaine as the older Coco. Suffice it to say, neither resemble the original. NYT critic Linda Stasi summarized the film thusly: "Clearly the filmmakers are striving for La Vie En Rose, but end up with La Vie En Dull." If you must, catch Coco on Lifetime September 13.
Comments (3)
Posted by your name on Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 09.34 am
The movie was long and dull and the very American actress Shirley MacLaine was miscast as totally French Chanel.
My question is, what is the wonderful music that flows through the movie?
Posted by Desert Blondie on Sun Sep 14, 2008 at 10.53 am
UMMMM, the music, good question! Maybe the Lifetime Channel website will have details. Since I know so little about the authentic woman, Chanel, am not at all able to authoritatively state whether MacLaine miscast or not. The production was, after all, produced with USA audiences in mind. And while long, I enjoyed learning so much about Chanel’s earlier life circumstances. So I enjoyed the production.
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Posted by Desert Blondie on Thu Aug 28, 2008 at 02.00 pm
Not willing to take someone else’s opinion re: dullsville...I’ll be watching! And, for another bit of Chanel background, plus some of MacLaine’s earlier ‘French’ roles...take a look and enjoy! http://hubpages.com/hub/Coco-Chanel-new-production