Jodelle FerlandCéline: Her Life Story

I'm not a Celine fan. I don't have anything against her or her music, I just like other styles. But as a collector of biopics I felt a personal "obligation" to watch the movie and I came to it with little expectations, other than expecting a very "cheesy" production. But to my surprise, I found myself watching the whole movie without using the fast forward button. Grant it, there were a few cheesy scenes, like the Partridge Family/von Trapp sing-a-longs at the dinner table, but the plot moved along in spite of the otherwise distracting scenes. You can also tell the budget was somewhat limited. For example, many of the performance sequences featuring "Celine" often used the same stage, with the same backdrop, and the same band set-up. That aside, the acting was more than adequate for a production like this. I thought Christine Ghawi and Enrico Colantoni generated some real emotional tension as they portrayed the blossoming relationship between their characters. One thing I picked up on right away was the lack of "Celine's" accent. I was expecting more of her clipped English and hyper mannerisms, close to Ana Gasteyer's portrayal on Saturday Night Live. Jodelle Ferland did a good job portraying a young Celine. I also understand that several facts were changed, but that's typical of most biopics. Of note, Celine's songs were not performed by Ghawi but by Trish O'Brien who did a very commendable job. Overall, for someone unfamiliar with Celine's story, I enjoyed the movie and learned more about Celine.

I loved the two actress who played Celine Dion - Jodelle Ferland (young Celine) and Christine Ghawi (the older Celine). Both actresses captured the essence and spirit of Celine Dion. It is not their fault that the director and script writer did bad jobs pertaining to facts about Celine Dion and Rene Angelil's life. Christine Ghawi is an excellent actress and her role was very believable. I fault the director and writer for the movie's content. It is obvious to any Celine Dion fan that the writer did not do any research about Celine's life. If the writer had taken the time to read Celine's authorized biography the movie might have been more successful.Celine Dion fans who watch this movie will become angry as soon as the moive's time lines become distorted. I am uncertain why the director did negated the actual time line and facts. I can only rationalize, that because Celine and Rene did not authorize the movie, the director took certain artistic liberties.PS: To all Celine Dion fans - Christine Ghawi did not sing in this movie, the singing was done by someone else, I forgot the singer's name but Christine only voice sync.

Good acting. I would have liked if the actors would be a bit more resembling the actual members of Celine's family. Her father was thin and short. The actor was big and tall. The mother never, never had a haircut like the one in the movie and did not smoke that much either. story accurate enough to what we read about the rise of Celine's career to international stardom.I have enjoyed this movie. well done.

Very good movie thank you so much 5 stars!!!⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

I really enjoy watching this movie about Celine Dion!

Such a great movie

Love this movie and now I can watch it whenever I want

Wonderful movie with beautiful songs and music. Some bad message of breaking up aFamily but great songs.

I was so looking forward to watching this DVD , but when I tried to play it there was no sound at all. No matter what I adjusted I couldn't get any sound. So....I feel very, very disappointed to say the least.Sorry for the review but I was asked to be honest & I have been.

I have seen this film before and wanted the DVD to see it again. I was disappointed that it has foreign subtitles and I found them very distracting, which I was not aware of when I purchased this item. However, I still liked the film.

Ordered for my Nanny, who remembers it from TV... Very happy she can watch it whenever.

I LIKE EVERY MINUTE OF IT

just received this dvd disappointed to eventually find out that this is a foreign made film, apparently with english speaking actors, not made clear in advertisement only found out when opened and checked reviews , hope the mother-in-law likes it as bought as a present for her