Movie Notes: Coco Before Chanel

Synopsis
Biopic documenting fashion designer Coco Chanel’s rise from truly humble beginnings.

Synopsis
Biopic documenting fashion designer Coco Chanel’s rise from truly humble beginnings.

Synopsis
Irene (Audrey Tautou) bounces from wealthy man to man, milking them for expensive gifts and dinners in the French Rivera when she meets Jean (Gad Elmaleh), a bartender who pretends to be a hotel patron.

Just saw The Da Vinci Code; it was decent, though a bit dull in many places. Tom Hanks unfortunately looked tired the whole time, and there’s technically a limit to how exciting a movie can be made from long lectures on religious symbology and fiddling with anagrams in the characters’ heads.