La Vie En Rose is a relatively standard musical biopic dealing with Edith Piaf, an apparently legendary French chanteuse. It does deviate from standard genre fare by not telling a linear story, instead jumping around to different points of Piaf's life. I normally love this type of story-telling but I'm not sure how necessary it was in this movie. One thing it did do was highlight the quality of the lead actress, Marion Cotillard. In one scene, she's playing a 20 something singer on the rise and in the next a 50-year-old broken down woman on her death bed, and is equally convincing in both. She really did a wonderful job and it's easy to see where the Oscar buzz is coming from in her case. It did lose points for excessive melodrama but overall, while not exceptional, it was a pretty good movie.
Oscar Outlook
Persepolis was chosen as France's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category, so La Vie En Rose (and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as well) can't be nominated there (talk about a stupid rule, if all 5 of the best foreign language films are from the same country, then they should all be nominated). Anyways, perhaps a Best Song nomination(s) are in order and certainly a Best Actress nomination for Cotillard. Now her chances of winning are another question. She just won the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Comedy/Musical over Ellen Page who figures to be her biggest competition along with Julie Christie for the Oscar, so that bodes well for her. It should be a really interesting race - I personally think Cotillard gave the best performance of the three, but all three were excellent.
Predictions
Best Actress Nomination - Cotillard can't overcome Julie Christie
Monday, January 14, 2008
La Vie En Rose - 7.0
La Vie En Rose is a relatively standard musical biopic dealing with Edith Piaf, an apparently legendary French chanteuse. It does deviate from standard genre fare by not telling a linear story, instead jumping around to different points of Piaf's life. I normally love this type of story-telling but I'm not sure how necessary it was in this movie. One thing it did do was highlight the quality of the lead actress, Marion Cotillard. In one scene, she's playing a 20 something singer on the rise and in the next a 50-year-old broken down woman on her death bed, and is equally convincing in both. She really did a wonderful job and it's easy to see where the Oscar buzz is coming from in her case. It did lose points for excessive melodrama but overall, while not exceptional, it was a pretty good movie.
Oscar Outlook
Persepolis was chosen as France's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category, so La Vie En Rose (and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as well) can't be nominated there (talk about a stupid rule, if all 5 of the best foreign language films are from the same country, then they should all be nominated). Anyways, perhaps a Best Song nomination(s) are in order and certainly a Best Actress nomination for Cotillard. Now her chances of winning are another question. She just won the Golden Globe for Best Performance in a Comedy/Musical over Ellen Page who figures to be her biggest competition along with Julie Christie for the Oscar, so that bodes well for her. It should be a really interesting race - I personally think Cotillard gave the best performance of the three, but all three were excellent.
Predictions
Best Actress Nomination - Cotillard can't overcome Julie Christie
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