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

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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 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 Fong K (647) on 03 Nov 2012

People say I'm extravagant because I want to be surrounded by beauty. But tell me, who wants to be surrounded by garbage…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 10 Jun 2004

What this movie makes real is the image of a woman who seemingly, as one amazed Jesuit declares, 'cannot face reality…

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By David L (3,419) on 04 Dec 2008

This woman see things so differently than the rest of us. I don't know if she is making it up or not, but it makes good tv. One can admire this woman…

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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 Jocelyn G (30) on 21 Sep 2008

Made me somewhat sympathic to her, but felt her delusional nature was not as obvious as it maybe should have been…

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