Review of Imelda (2003) by Patrick D — 14 Aug 2010

Brilliant documentary on the queen of vanity.

This review of Imelda (2003) was written by Patrick D on 14 Aug 2010.

Imelda has generally received positive reviews.

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By John B (4,244) on 03 Feb 2010

What a train wreck. I couldn't take my eyes off of this piece. I can't believe that this woman still has any political support…

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By Paul Sherman (66) for Boston Herald (1,433) on 05 Aug 2004

Instead of enabling Marcos to tell the world how caring she is, the movie gives her enough rope to hang herself, and she does, again and again…

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By Private U (13,627) on 15 Jun 2008

Interesting to see her preaching her life philosophy which she actually could present graphically. There is a fine line between sane and insane…

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By Gio P (100) on 21 Jul 2012

This film shows a different account on the Marcos' imperial phase…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide (1,527) on 10 Jun 2004

When she's not babbling about the weird symbological system that rules her personal cosmos Imelda is an entertaining storyteller, vividly describing…

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By Pete Vonder Haar (745) for Film Threat (5,156) on 01 Feb 2004

Eminently successful at portraying the former first lady's flaws because it allows her to describe them herself…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for Long Island Press (211) on 29 May 2007

If the shoe fits, go for it, Cinderella might advise. But how about 3,000 pairs of them…

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By Helen B (206) on 15 Aug 2010

Marcos is somehow impermeable, she believed wholly in a godliness and innocence; and that is what makes this documentary a bit more unique…

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By James Greenberg (88) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 28 Jan 2004

Captures a complex and contradictory world figure. Imelda is by turns humorous, insightful and infuriating…

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Revealing, intimate, wonderfully candid documentary of uninhibited, unfettered megalomania and dementia. And it's REAL…

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