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jpeverill
Reviews
Vanity Fair (2004)
The former version is superior
This is supposedly the updated version. The Former version with Natasha Little as Becky, in my opinion, as a clinical psychologist, is vastly superior. She only gets a bit part in this production. The Natasha version captures dramatically and precisely a classical psychopathic personality. Reese is more scintillating, but really does not get at the heart of it. I think Fellowes blew it - he should have recast Little. Witherspoon has more box-office appeal, but it ends there, Also, the personality and story have been recast, at some loss in my view. I would recommend the previous version for students studying psychopathy--that was a perfect textbook case - this isn't.
Céline (2008)
Impressiuons of CELINE
This film is a disaster, especially if you are a true fan of Celine. Virtually none of the people presented really look like their real-life counterparts. The Dion family is almost completely misrepresented. The mother looks like an upper-middle class suburbanite. Most distressing are the vocal renditions, not only missing the mark in duplicating what was actually there, but doing it in a way that is hardly worthy of comparison to the original, both as a little girl and as a star. I hope they paid Celine plenty for this joke. It will serve her poorly as a memento. I especially disliked the songs done as a teenager. Some of them are exceptional, but not these. Unfortunately, this may keep people from going back and actually listening to the originals, which were great. Finally, her French is almost completely overlooked. Most of her early songs especially were in French. She didn't even know any English until she was about 14/15. Her Anglo-style persona just isn't her!