As a Canadian, I was extremely disappointed right from the beginning. Celine is a francophone and only much later did she learn to speak and sing in English and this wasn't represented here. They missed her charming French-Canadian accent also.
I did not particularly care for the singing whatsoever as this actress seemed to try too hard and sang with far too much vibrato. She almost looked angry when singing 'My Heart Will Go On' at the end, which came on quickly without alot of screenwriting in between. It was awful. Neither the voices nor the appearances of Celine at varying ages, by the chosen actresses, reflect or were representative of our beautiful and incredibly talented Celine at all, no disrespect. These actresses thrmeselves were lovely but poorly matched for this movie, as was René initially. As much as I dislike lip syncing, I would have much preferred it this time, without a second thought.
There is only one Celine and I expected to see so much more than the poor singing and acting and less than stellar quality overall in this movie, sorry. I don't think I've ever been so critical when reviewing any movie, to be frank. I stayed up until 3:30 am to watch it but should have gone to bed instead as actually that hard to watch. Too much was missing throughout and in my opinion, it was all just thrown together quickly without much thought and the respect that Celine, René and her family deserved.
I do not recommend this movie at all. Wait for a different one or watch any of the plentiful YouTube videos of her story, interviews and concerts with behind the scenes, etc. As they are much more enjoyable to view. Hope this makes some sense as it is now nearly 4am and I'm beyond ready for my bed; the one I should have gone to instead of spending time with this one.
I did not particularly care for the singing whatsoever as this actress seemed to try too hard and sang with far too much vibrato. She almost looked angry when singing 'My Heart Will Go On' at the end, which came on quickly without alot of screenwriting in between. It was awful. Neither the voices nor the appearances of Celine at varying ages, by the chosen actresses, reflect or were representative of our beautiful and incredibly talented Celine at all, no disrespect. These actresses thrmeselves were lovely but poorly matched for this movie, as was René initially. As much as I dislike lip syncing, I would have much preferred it this time, without a second thought.
There is only one Celine and I expected to see so much more than the poor singing and acting and less than stellar quality overall in this movie, sorry. I don't think I've ever been so critical when reviewing any movie, to be frank. I stayed up until 3:30 am to watch it but should have gone to bed instead as actually that hard to watch. Too much was missing throughout and in my opinion, it was all just thrown together quickly without much thought and the respect that Celine, René and her family deserved.
I do not recommend this movie at all. Wait for a different one or watch any of the plentiful YouTube videos of her story, interviews and concerts with behind the scenes, etc. As they are much more enjoyable to view. Hope this makes some sense as it is now nearly 4am and I'm beyond ready for my bed; the one I should have gone to instead of spending time with this one.