Chanel Film Slated by Critics

20 August 2008

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The highly anticipated Coco Chanel TV film staring Shirley McLaine has been slated by critics.

The film has been cruelly desribed as lacking in structure, full of factual innaccuracies and having 'wooden' acting, reports vogue.

The biography is currently showing on the US network Lifetime and New York Times TV critic Linda Stasi is one of those critics who are less than impressed with the outcome.

"The first part quickly jumps to Chanel and her lovers (played by Oliver Sitruk and Sagamore Stevenin), who are all as wooden as a dressmaker's dummies," writes Stasi.

"The only thing that saves them are their thick accents, which makes you think maybe something got lost in translation. Clearly the filmmakers are striving for La Vie En Rose, but end up with La Vie En Dull."

Another new film depicting Coco Chanel's life starring Audrey Tatou is set to hit the big screen later in the year.

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