Review of Céline

Céline (2008 TV Movie)
2/10
weird...
8 February 2009
Warning: Spoilers
First of all, I have nothing against Americans. But I really think a bio about Céline should be done with quebecer actors, and done in french, her original language. Actually, it should be done in french AND English because it's the two languages she uses, but mainly in french, with Quebec accent. English speakers would use subtitles. It's the only way you can truly represent their reality. She and René would not interact in English in a dialog between themselves.

Also, they did not present any of her songs in french, which was her career until she was 20. But I give the benefit of the doubt to the producers because I heard they didn't earned the rights for her early songs. She is an international star, but you can't get pass her origins.

I don't know what to think about interpretation. You don't want to fall in caricature, but it did not seem like her. It wasn't HER voice. The characters not looking alike didn't help. (The only time I thought there was a resemblance was when she opened the door in red(after her one-year break), but that was it. Everything was weird, her sisters were not portrayed nicely. (They laugh at her, despise her a bit) We know Céline has a very united family, I don't think her sisters would have said something like this.

The time line is confused. She returned when she was 18, not left. She and René married December 17th, 1994, Titanic got out in 1997. I surely doubt they discussed about the song 4 years before.

Funny detail, they made her mom thin and her dad chubbier when it's the opposite. Her dad was as thin as a pipe.

I still liked it a little because I like everything done about Céline, but I understand why it was unauthorized...
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