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Written July 3, 2007
Marion Cotillard is brilliant!

by SeaPR

All I needed to know to go was that the film was a French biopic about Edith Piaf. Then I heard it was getting "mixed reviews" so I saw the movie first and read the rviews later to prevent them from baising me. This film, its directions, and the brillian performance by Marion Cotillard confirm why I AVOID mainstream American critics when it comes to most indpendent, art house, and foreign films. They like a neatly packaged product where the audience can be a passive recipeint without having to think too much or join the director in a journey to put a story together. If a mainstream filmmaker dares to use flashbacks, he/she must draw a map and put up all the necessary signs for the audience. La Vie en Rose's director was brillian in how he chose to tell the story as he uses the memories of a dying woman who looks back at all the significant moments of her tragic and complex life. How all her signature songs are used reminds me of Julie Tamor's biopic of Frida Kahlo.
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Written June 14, 2007
The "Little Sparrow" soars and shows us how

by veni?vidi

Marion Cotillard, whoever the real she is, died and reincarnated as Piaf, seamlessly, utterly, flawlessly. Piaf's life, from the underbelly of Paris some 90 years ago to the pinnacle of celebrity in Europe and the Americas, had all the dramatic highs and lows of the most retellable tales ? squalor/cosmoplitan high life, poverty/security, blindness/sight, abandonment/companionship, adoption/rejection, escape/recidivism, addiction/recovery, anonymity/discovery, success/failure, hope/despair, delivery/burial, aspiration/resignation, getting/losing and through it all, friendship, sex, love, and belonging ? her motive and her goal was love. Cotillard brought back the person behind the legend and gave us all the chance to see the horror of her life through the same rose-colored glass as she, so that at the end of the battle, we too can cry out with absolute confidence, "No, I have no regrets, none at all." ?rpcastle
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Written July 17, 2007
go see it!!

by nathaliegr

This is one of the best biopic's I have seen in a long long time. To see Marion Cotillard's marvelously exquisite, beautiful performance is in and of itself worth seeing this film. The disjointed time lines of the film irritated me, and it is a heart-wrenching story, but these issues were not enough to disturb my huge appreciation of the film, the story, and most of all Cotillard's performance as the great Edith Piaf.
- 6 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written June 9, 2007
Amazing Music; Phenomenal Acting

by tahiblue

Go see it for Marion Cotillard's unbelievable performance. And the music is absolutely lovely. You will be transported to her time and her life. Really worth seeing !
- 7 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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Written September 10, 2007
Superb Cotillard Makes "La Vie"

by artouthere

I was so happy to find this film playing in a city that art films often find no home in that I ran out the first night to see it. I was not disappointed. Fans of Edith Piaf will cherish this very non-American bio-pic of her life.
On the other hand, not a good date movie. I overheard one young woman saying to her escort, "Sorry....!" He responded, "Well, it was unique."
Marion Cotillard deserves all the acclaim she has received for this role. She absoultely inhabits it. I was reminded so poignantly at times of the parallels between Piaf and Judy Garland, especially during the on-stage and backstage scenes.
If your city, like mine, needs more of these films, see it to support them.
- 14 out of 23 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written June 25, 2007
Cotillard Deserves an Oscar

by The_AFI_Is_Nuts

Although the movie was a bit disjointed given all the time flips, and was at times hard to follow for those who are not intimately familiar with Piaf's life, this is a must see. It is well filmed, well written, and most of all well acted. Marion Cotillard's performance is a tour de force. She takes command of the screen like few actresses I have seen. You barely recognize that the movie is well over 2 hours, and at the end you are both drained from the roller coaster ride that was Piaf's life, and lifted by the perfect timing of Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien (although the translation of the song was questionable). Just as with Piaf and her life, you will not regret a moment of the time you spend at this movie.
- 5 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written June 21, 2007
La Vie En Rose

by jaynelson

Best movie I have seen all year. I had the honor of enjoying a live performance of Piaf not too long before she died. This portrayal of "The Little Sparrow" was more than excellent. This biographical drama was very much true to life and includes much of the childhood that formed Piaf into the great personality and performer that she became. The cinematography was choppy in some places, but did not distract from the overall greatness of the film. I strongly recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in great music and over-the-wall talent.
- 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written July 4, 2007
Marion Cotillard is AMAZING!

by LongBeachFan

This film will haunt you for days afterwards.....many American films don't stick with you like this one will. Cotillard is mesmerizing in her performance as Piaf. Her transformation from street waif to an embattled, addicted adult bent over with arthritis will stay in my mind for a long time to come. Of course, the music is superb (how can it not be!)....the rest of the cast is excellent as well. The director uses flash-backs and dream-like sequences to create a most unique and powerful vision of "The Little Sparrow." GO SEE THIS FILM!
- 4 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written June 10, 2007
Cotillard carries this film to legend status

by sezg

The acting was superb, the directing was innovative and beautiful, the soundtrack was filled with deliciously creative variations on Piaf's songs. My only problem with this film was that the script was so-so. All other movie making elements pulled it through, however, including the insanely riveting performance of Cotillard. I heard an interview on NPR with Piaf's childhood friend (Momone in the film). She said "I've seen the movie 8 times. Cotillard doesn't ACT like Edith; she IS Edith." All in all, it is a thoroughly engaging, moving, artistic experience into the depths on an idiosyncratic, beloved, heartfelt sparrow's life. The only movie I've ever seen on opening weekend and well worth the status.
- 5 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written June 10, 2007
The Little Sparrow with a Big Voice.

by Afternoon Movie Lover

Tears streaming down my cheeks during her last number I vowed to see this movie again. I think that those of us who are familiar with Edith Piaf can appreciate the movie even more. Fantastic. Stellar performance by the leading actress, I hope we see more of her in the future. Definitely not one of those "uplifting" films but it opens your mind and heart as to how France's "Little Sparrow" was such a success and could bestow such feeling into song.
- 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written November 13, 2007
BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR!!!!

by neurotiko

I went and saw this movie trhee time, i loved it every single time, i loved how the movie was plotted out and Marion did a marvelous job doing t he role of Edih, she deserves an oscar, definately!
- 14 out of 25 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written September 3, 2007
Beautiful movie

by kinichristie

This is one of the most beautiful movies I have ever seen. What a film! Marion Cotillard was a master, definitely acadamy award winning performance. Her acting was so passionate, so deep, so brilliant. I was very moved and impressed by the artistic excellence in all areas of the film. The makeup was extraordinary, the music, direction, camera work, all great. Must see this intense and brilliant film.
- 12 out of 22 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written July 9, 2007
La Vie En Rose

by latka

Not only is the story of Edith Piaf's difficult, painful, yet very rich life astonishing unto itself, the acting performance by Marion Cotillard is the best performance I have seen this year, bar none. At this point, it will be hard for any other actor to top it!
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Written July 5, 2007
Ruined by Editing

by ccpiv

Good acting, interesting story, OK photography. BUT any rhythm or momentum to the story is ruined by way this movie is edited. Not that it is difficult to follow, but that it repeatedly frustrates the viewer. A scene will build toward a climax, the there will be a flash back, which contains a flash forward, and by the time the movie gets back to the climax of the scene it is no longer emotionally satisfying (or whatever other emotion it might have evoked).
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Must Go!
Written August 25, 2007
La Vie En Rose

by tomspear

Thought it was excellent movie, well done, and Marion Cotillard (the lead) was outstanding. One of the best movies of the year.
- 7 out of 12 found this review helpful.
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