Céline (2008) (TV)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Jeff Woolnough

Writer:

Donald Martin (writer)

Release Date:

10 May 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Musical

Tagline:

The full length feature film on the extraordinary life of Céline Dion.

Plot:

A biopic on singer Céline Dion. |

Plot Keywords:

Singer | Pop Singer | One Word Title | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Christine Ghawi	...	Céline Dion
Jodelle Ferland	...	Young Celine
Peter MacNeill	...	Adhemar Dion
Louise Pitre	...	Therese
Mac Fyfe
Natalie Radford
Enrico Colantoni	...	Rene Angelil
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Katie Bergin	...	Sylvie
Tannis Burnett	...	Nun
Tessa Cameron	...	Daughter #2
Shawn Campbell	...	French TV Producer
Michael Facciolo	...	Daniel Dion
Dani Jazzar	...	Dancer
Daniel Karasik	...	Jacques Dion
Austin Macdonald	...	Bully
Grant Nickalls	...	David Foster
Spencer Van Wyck	...	Bully #1
Riley Waldriff	...	Toddler Celine
Samantha Weinstein	...	Margaret

Also Known As:

Céline (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated PG for thematic material, smoking, and brief mild language.

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:PG | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

Cambridge, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Barna-Alper Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The song 'I Feel Too Much' was used when she hadn't recorded it yet. It was on her 'Unison' album, released in 1990. In the movie they play it when she's 18. But, at 18, she had just returned from her break, and had recorded new edgier songs in French with Luc Plamondon's help.

Impressiuons of CELINE

This film is a disaster, especially if you are a true fan of Celine. Virtually none of the people presented really look like their real-life counterparts. The Dion family is almost completely misrepresented. The mother looks like an upper-middle class suburbanite. Most distressing are the vocal renditions, not only missing the mark in duplicating what was actually there, but doing it in a way that is hardly worthy of comparison to the original, both as a little girl and as a star. I hope they paid Celine plenty for this joke. It will serve her poorly as a memento. I especially disliked the songs done as a teenager. Some of them are exceptional, but not these. Unfortunately, this may keep people from going back and actually listening to the originals, which were great. Finally, her French is almost completely overlooked. Most of her early songs especially were in French. She didn't even know any English until she was about 14/15. Her Anglo-style persona just isn't her!