Review of Populaire (2012) by Pearl I — 20 Feb 2015

Gorgeous sets, costumes; cool period piece.

This review of Populaire (2012) was written by Pearl I on 20 Feb 2015.

Populaire has generally received positive reviews.

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A cute and perky film. At first, I was a disappointed at the sexualization of Rose at first, but Rose grows with the cinematography…

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By Bruce Ingram (70) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 12 Sep 2013

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