La Vie En Rose (2007) Critic Reviews
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Olivier Dahan's La Vie en Rose, one of the best biopics I've seen, tells Piaf's life story through the extraordinary performance of Marion Cotillard, who looks like the singer.Read the full review
Dahan's impressionistic heartbreaker of a movie gets it all in. And Marion Cotillard, lip-syncing Piaf's songs and digging into her soul with gale-force urgency, gives a performance for the ages.Read the full review
Hurtling and impassioned, driven by some of the greatest popular music ever recorded, this wildly overripe and unkempt biopic is a true experience.Read the full review
If even half of Olivier Dahan's robust film about Piaf's life is true -- and let's face it, much remains shrouded in myth and mystery -- it's a wonder she could get dressed in the morning, let alone forge a legendary singing career.Read the full review
Marion Cotillard astonishes as Edith Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose.Read the full review
The film is long and sometimes harrowing, but also enthralling.Read the full review
Cotillard leaves you loving her Piaf, wishing you could reach through the screen and steer her life a bit differently.Read the full review
There's a riveting tale within this awkward litany of pivotal moments. Still, despite the film's uneven nature, Cotillard's extraordinary performance is worth experiencing.Read the full review
The film is messy the way Piaf's life was messy: It's unafraid of extravagant gestures even when they fail to come off.Read the full review
La Vie en Rose, which Mr. Dahan wrote as well as directed, has an intricate structure, which is a polite way of saying that it's a complete mess... In the end, as often happens in movies of this kind, La Vie en Rose is saved by Piaf herself.Read the full review
