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(1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 72% Fresh Page   1   "Marion Cotillard gives the performance of a lifetime in Olivier Dahan's fascinating but uneven Edith Piaf biopic La môme (La Vie en Rose)."   european-films.net   Boyd van Hoeij 3/5 "Unlike its subject matter, there's just nothing spectacular or unique about Rose."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Cabin "Angry, needy, and almost painfully lovely, Marion Cotillard's Edith Piaf fills all emotional space in La Vie En Rose."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 3.5/4 "Edith Piaf's tidal emotional vulgarity and brutish commitment to the most sentimental chansons is captured accurately and even irresistibly in La Vie En Rose."   Slant Magazine   Dan Callahan C- "Cotillard's lip-synching of her character singing didn't do it for me."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz "Like most cinema chanteuse stories, Olivier Dahan's 'La Vie en Rose' pretties up the sordid, but this film is good for its breed."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Donald J. Levit 4/5 "Una biografía inspirada, que repasa la vida de Edith Piaf desde la emoción y los recuerdos en lugar de ser una mera sucesión de acontecimientos. Marion Cotillard no interpreta a Piaf, es Piaf."   Uruguay Total   Enrique Buchichio B+ "It follows the same template as all the other biopics but produces better-than-usual results, thanks to a shattering central performance."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider B+ "Rather fussily structured and ostentatiously virtuosic, and one might wish...it had told us even more. But...it's almost worthy of its subject."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "An astonishing performance by Marion Cotillard as the legendary French chanteuse Edith Piaf whose life was a rollercoaster ride of exhilarating highs and incredibly depressing lows."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "This isn't the first time Piaf's life has been brought to the screen and it probably won't be the last, but Cotillard makes this particular version stand apart."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 "A tousled biopic both bleak and disturbing."   Palo Alto Weekly   Jeanne Aufmuth 7/10 "Dahan's film is less an ode or a valentine, more of a spectacle of pity, mainly worth watching for Cotillard."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen B+ "strives to capture the essence of Edith Piaf rather than craft a straight-forward biopic chronicling highlights and greatest hits"   Old School Reviews   John A. Nesbit 4/5 "Marion Cotillard's Oscar win? Totally justified...Many questions remain for those of us unschooled in Piaf lore. I was confused by some of the causes even as I felt the emotional effects, thanks to deep performances."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery 2.5/5 "But at 140 minutes, the biopic is luxuriously long and commits one sin that would have been an anathema to a cabaret artist like Piaf - the lack of variety."   Film-Forward.com   Kent Turner B- "a must for Cotillard's soul shredding performance alone, but Dahan's experiment in mixing an artistic approach with a more conventional biopic style is frustrating."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 3.5/4 "Cotillard's riveting performance, distinctive gestures and defiantly wounded body language without ever descending into mere impersonation. It's sometimes wrenching to watch, but it's too gripping to turn away from."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh C+ "Marion Cotillard is the only reason to sit through La Vie En Rose, a biopic that compounds its basic tediousness by fracturing its narrative in a vain effort to mask a stale rise-and-fall arc."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Acaba funcionando mais como atestado do talento de sua protagonista, Marion Cotillard, do que como um tributo digno da magnífica cantora que esta interpreta."   Cinema em Cena   Pablo Villaca 4/5 "I found myself so completely taken with the work of Marion Cotillard that all of its flaws faded into the background."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 0/5 "Marion Cotillard invests the role with so many tics, exaggerated hand gestures and eye-rolls that it seems she is possessed by the ghost of Geraldine Page."   Film Threat   Phil Hall 3.5/5 "Marion Cotillard's staggering performance is the main event in this Edith Piaf biopic."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "It's a mixed bag, snippets of Piaf's life in no particular order, crowned by one fantastic performance by Cotillard."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten C "Tighter editing and a more conventional bit of story structure would have made it better."   Reeling Reviews   Robin Clifford 8/10 "A gripping look at hard times in pre WWII Paris and a passionate lead performance make this film a must-see for Piaf aficionados around the world."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson A- "Olivier Dahan's sprawling portrait of the life of Edith Piaf is the kind of grand, passionate historical drama that no one seems to be able to pull off any more."   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker "[Director Dahan's] approach draws more attention to the filmmaking than it does to the life. Dahan seems to believe that chronology is bourgeois: Pure storytelling is all fine and dandy, but he wants us to know he's making art."   Salon.com   Stephanie Zacharek 7/10 "Bleak vagabond melodrama made extraordinary by Marion Cotillard's mesmerizing performance. She doesn't play Piaf, she embodies her, lip-sync'ing to recordings."   www.susangranger.com   Susan Granger 8/10 "Marion Cotillard is perfection itself in this role."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 3/4 "Much like the colorful life of the film's subject, La Vie en Rose explores the strange and emotional life of torch singer Edith Piaf and gives Marion Cotillard an Oscar for her tremendous performance."   Oscar Guy   Wesley Lovell "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 32) of 32 OFCS Rating: 72% Fresh Page   1