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COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKYMovie Reviews
French language romantic drama about the brief affair in the 1920s between Coco Chanel and Igor Stravinsky. Cast:Anna Mouglalis, Mads Mikkelsen, Elena Morozova, Natacha Lindinger, Grigori ManoukovDirector:Jan KounenRelease Date:June 11, 2010DVD Release:September 28, 2010From:Sony ClassicsRating:RLength:1 hr 59 min
SEPTEMBER 28, 2010
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky, Good (Not Great) Reviews Key Cities
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky played in key cities to good not great reviews. • Patrick Z. McGavin wrote for Cinema 24/7, "...opulent and occasionally handsome... There's a huge difference between designing a pretty film and directing a compelling one." • And Steven Rea wrote in the Philadelphia Inquirer, "...offers two hours of luxury and loveliness, music and art, and a bit of sexually charged madness, too." More Reviews Below...
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...the movie, by Dutch director Jan Kounen, is all surfaces, set pieces, Significant Looks, and voguing -- the same strictures Chanel and Stravinsky sought to bust."(See all of Lisa Schwarzbaum's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 113 words, 06/11/10
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "The film is elegant to look at... The performances are well-modulated to project exactly what the director, Jan Kounen, wants to say about these two people."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 753 words, 07/01/10
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Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "This is Chanel's movie from first to last and in that regard, it's a success.... Mads Mikkelsen is undeniably gifted, but his Stravinsky is a blank, stoic presence..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 146 words, 06/11/10
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "All sentimentality and politeness toward these revered subjects is tossed aside. Under Jan Kounen's direction, they are living, breathing people with undeniable flaws."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 236 words, 06/11/10
Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK(cg) "Jan Kounen's pretentious directorial flourishes frequently strain to convince us that we're in the presence of a major event behind 20th-century culture. No sale."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 415 words, 06/11/10
Rafer Guzman, New York Newsday: MODERATE(cg) "...hard to believe that Chanel and Stravinsky were the loves of each other's lives, no matter how loud the violins play. At times, the film makes fiction feel like a dirty word."(See all of Rafer Guzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 252 words, 07/02/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "The film is elegant to look at... The performances are well-modulated to project exactly what the director, Jan Kounen, wants to say about these two people."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 753 words, 07/01/10
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...strains to convince... Coco's cast as a femme fatale who preys on a helpless nebbish -- the Audrey Tautou - starring 'Coco Avant Chanel' was much more fun."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 246 words, 06/09/10
Rick Groen, Toronto Globe & Mail: MODERATE(cg) "If they can't get emotionally involved, how can we? So the affair ends as it began, with scant engagement by the principals and less from us."(See all of Rick Groen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 647 words, 06/25/10
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...offers delicious eye candy - Chanel has decorated the villa in her signature black-and-white style. It's a guaranteed pleasure for art lovers."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 309 words, 06/24/10
KEY CITIES (15 Reviews)
Dan Kois, Washington Post: MODERATE(cg) "...more interested in artful tableaux than in drama. So this is a movie for aficionados only: lovers of 1920s design, fans of Stravinsky and devotees of Coco Chanel..."(See all of Dan Kois's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 621 words, 07/16/10
Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: VERY GOOD(cg) "Minutes at a time go by without any dialogue. Still, given all that went before, I found this easy to forgive, but if you get bored, just leave. It doesn't recover."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 697 words, 07/30/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...a beautifully detailed if emotionally frosty account of the love affair between the great, groundbreaking fashion designer and the great, groundbreaking composer."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 545 words, 09/17/10
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...beautiful, but inhumanly cool. The severe black-and-white deco interiors of Chanel's estate suggest an elegant chessboard where pitiless mind games are being played."(See all of Colin Covert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 565 words, 07/09/10
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: VERY GOOD(cg) "He's working on a new piece of music. She's rethinking pedestrian fabrics and collaborates with a perfumer in the South of France on a knockout fragrance."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 598 words, 06/25/10
Stephen Whitty, Cleveland Plain-Dealer: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...of course, the look and sound of the film is gorgeous throughout. But in the end, it's a bit like a hatbox containing only tissue paper, a music score without a note..."(See all of Stephen Whitty's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 470 words, 08/06/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "There's fascinating material here, but instead Kounen and screenwriter Chris Greenhalgh too often settle for giving us a conventional and even dull love triangle..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 483 words, 07/09/10
Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: MODERATE(cg) "...neither of these fascinating artistic giants is given much of a personality, Chanel in particular remaining a cipher whose remarkable life story is only alluded to..."(See all of Marc Mohan's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 190 words, 07/09/10
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "It's a little black dress of a movie, an elegant hint of something sensual that is ultimately denied to us."(See all of Joe Williams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 266 words, 07/30/10
Tom Long, Detroit News: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...there are times when director Jan Kounen transcends the stiff caricatures of his principal characters and achieves something both elegant and erotic."(See all of Tom Long's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 441 words, 07/30/10
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: VERY GOOD(cg) "Mouglais presents her Coco Chanel as steely... Mikkelsen plays Igor as tortured... a story about carnal heat and lust... more than just another historical romance."(See all of Rene Rodriguez's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 738 words, 07/09/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (7 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...strains to convince... Coco's cast as a femme fatale who preys on a helpless nebbish -- the Audrey Tautou - starring 'Coco Avant Chanel' was much more fun."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 246 words, 06/09/10
Betsy Sherman, Boston Phoenix: MODERATE(cg) "...the film deflates. Mads Mikkelsen gets mired in brooding as Igor, and Anna Mouglalis is merely photogenic as Coco.... what lingers is the fab décor."(See all of Betsy Sherman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 162 words, 06/24/10
Sam Adams, AV Club: MODERATE(cg) "...offers little insight into its titular titans of modernism. There's little understanding of their individual aesthetics, let alone how they (hypothetically) informed each other."(See all of Sam Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 370 words, 06/17/10
Susan G. Cole, Toronto Now: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...offers delicious eye candy - Chanel has decorated the villa in her signature black-and-white style. It's a guaranteed pleasure for art lovers."(See all of Susan G. Cole's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 309 words, 06/24/10
Debbie Michaud, Atlanta Creative Loafing: WEAK(cg) "Coco and Igor's relationship exists practically dialogue-free, and we're offered little to no insight into their subversive, some would say revolutionary, minds."(See all of Debbie Michaud's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 478 words, 07/30/10
Tricia Olszewski, Washington City Paper: FAIR "...rife with longing stares, single tears, consumption, and purple postcoital scenes... as lacking in emotional color as Coco's black-and-white wardrobe and décor."(See all of Tricia Olszewski's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 443 words, 07/16/10
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "All sentimentality and politeness toward these revered subjects is tossed aside. Under Jan Kounen's direction, they are living, breathing people with undeniable flaws."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 236 words, 06/11/10
MOVIE INDUSTRY (5 Reviews)
Jordan Mintzer, Daily Variety: FAIR "...the hyper-stylized, emotionally vacuous film is like a pair of designer pants that look great but don't fit, or a rare vinyl recording that keeps skipping at the best parts."(See all of Jordan Mintzer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 787 words, 05/23/09
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter: EXCELLENT "There are so many guilty pleasures here that it's amazing the film is as good as it is. The passions feel real, the roles are fully inhabited and the art speaks for itself."(See all of Kirk Honeycutt's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 875 words, 05/23/09
Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "All sentimentality and politeness toward these revered subjects is tossed aside. Under Jan Kounen's direction, they are living, breathing people with undeniable flaws."(See all of Michael Ordoña's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 236 words, 06/11/10
Patrick Z. McGavin, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE(cg) "...opulent and occasionally handsome... stultified by the ornate period decor. There's a huge difference between designing a pretty film and directing a compelling one."(See all of Patrick Z. McGavin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 867 words, 04/21/10
15.4 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky's reviews are separated by an average 15.4 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (34 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky's reviews cover 32.7% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 16,068 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 473 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Reviews Broke 3 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky's reviews on average broke 3 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (34 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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