Céline

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!

What a disappointment this movie was. The casting was terrible! There was absolutely no resemblance of the characters to the people they were portraying. Where on earth was the French Canadian connection? Not one accent? We all know where Celine was born and raised and yet her entire heritage was completely missing. It made no sense whatsoever to cast the movie in a way that did not recognize her background. I can understand that whoever backed this movie may have been concerned about too much French Canadian or too much emphasis on the Francophone accent but let's face it, without it the movie bombed anyway.It was a sham. I'm not criticizing the acting - each person would likely be fine in any other roles. I particularly liked Enrico Colantoni as Rene. I'm not surprised the movie wasn't endorsed by Celine Dion. The producers and the director, the casting company were so far off the mark. The time line was off throughout the movie as well. I don't have an ounce of Francophone in me and it made me feel embarrassed for Celine and her family.

And could not find ANY actresses that resemble Celine at any age in her life? The child looks like one that belongs in a horror movie, not trying to put her down but she doesn't look like Celine as a child whatsoever. The Tina actress should have turned down the role out of respect to Celine.

I don't understand how this was produced and people thought this was acceptable?

It's like making a movie about George Clooneys life and casting Carrot Top to play George. I mean, they look pretty similar, right? Almost twins. Doppelgängers.

How is this allowed? Seriously?

Everyone involved in making this movie should never brag to anyone about that because they will be forced to lie to you and say "it's great". How dare you put anyone in that position.

It has always been much easier to criticize things than to build them. I find the degree to which some have criticized this film to be amazing . I thought the film quite good. You cannot expect real people to be captured exactly in film, as exact clones do not exist, and all biographical films are by necessity small sketches, as time is so short. This is a very warm story about a great family and a girl who worked her butt off and captured a dream. Perhaps it would have been more technically accurate to tell the story in French, as the first half of her career was all in French, but then 95% of her fans would not understand it. The actors did a marvelous job of showing us this family. Read the book for detail. It is good, and it was written in French, so you can get the detail there. It would be sad to miss this story. It makes your heart glad.

Loved this movie so much!! Loved the acting! Love this movie it shows us it's ok to fell in love with someone else who not the same age as you!! This movie may not be the whole true story of Celine but it's definitely tells us what kinda happen! Love the characters! It's so sad that Renee passed away! In my opinion this movie/celine and Renee love story was the most beautiful and unique love story I have ever heard/seen!! Thank you who ever created this movie! This movie is way better than the other Celine movie (Aline) that came out a few years ago! That movie in my opinion didn't have good actors and it's not even in English!!