Tho I will not deny the qualities as the rag to riches movie, it is not really true to make it a real bio pic CoCo never really had such hard times to get ahead- tho the collectors was a nice touch..she had lovers and used her sexuality from the start, so the "hard beginnings" were not that hard.
It really takes a lot of nerve to try and sell such a huge lie, as the one sold by this movie, which claims to be Coco Chanel's life story. If one wants to find out what Coco Chanel really was, I would advise them to look her up in Wikipedia, for example.
This movie isn't just completely inaccurate but also very average in script and acting. You can skip it (unless you're really in the mood for some classical romantic tropes).
This movie isn't just completely inaccurate but also very average in script and acting. You can skip it (unless you're really in the mood for some classical romantic tropes).
Shirley Maclaine is wonderful as the late older version of Coco Chanel who sets out again to prove her art as one of the finest fashion designers of ladies' fashions and perfume in the world. Barbara Borovona is also wonderful as the younger version of Coco Chanel who rises despite tragedy, hardship, and success.
A wonderful television film-just like the great television films they made in the 1970s.The film is great due to the presence of the wonderful Shirley MacLaine.
This mini-series or whatever is atrocious. The writing is less than formulaic, for petit-bourgeois viewers.
Barbora Bobulova as the young Coco Chanel was wonderful in the role, she had the toughness and charm.Shirley McLaine was terrific too!
Apparently Coco Chanel was an unbridled egotist who gave no credit where credit was due and whose sympathy was reserved for herself.Since this was a production of Lifetime, a network not known for its steely-eyed looks at real life, I must assume that was not the impression viewers were meant to carry away with them.
