Madonna's movie out of tune
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September 3, 2011, Saturday
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MADONNA may be the "queen of pop," but her crown as movie director slipped this week after early reviews of her second feature film "W.E." ranged from middling to poor.
The picture, which had its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Thursday, is loosely based on the life of American divorcee Wallis Simpson, whose affair with King Edward VIII led to his abdication.
Madonna, whose first film "Filth and Wisdom" was similarly panned, said she had been fascinated by the story for some time.
Britain's Guardian newspaper did not spare her feelings. "Could it be that Madonna is in deadly earnest here?" wrote Xan Brooks.
"If so, her film is more risible than we had any right to expect; a primped and simpering folly, the turkey that dreamed it was a peacock."
Others were less damning, although the general tone was negative.
Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Madonna's second foray into directing is pleasing to the eyes and ears, but lacking anything for the soul."
However, Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail was generally complimentary.
"A lot of people will loathe it, simply because it's been made by Madonna," he wrote. "But if they were to watch it with no knowledge of who directed, they would be pleasantly surprised."
The picture, which had its world premiere at the Venice film festival on Thursday, is loosely based on the life of American divorcee Wallis Simpson, whose affair with King Edward VIII led to his abdication.
Madonna, whose first film "Filth and Wisdom" was similarly panned, said she had been fascinated by the story for some time.
Britain's Guardian newspaper did not spare her feelings. "Could it be that Madonna is in deadly earnest here?" wrote Xan Brooks.
"If so, her film is more risible than we had any right to expect; a primped and simpering folly, the turkey that dreamed it was a peacock."
Others were less damning, although the general tone was negative.
Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter wrote: "Madonna's second foray into directing is pleasing to the eyes and ears, but lacking anything for the soul."
However, Baz Bamigboye of the Daily Mail was generally complimentary.
"A lot of people will loathe it, simply because it's been made by Madonna," he wrote. "But if they were to watch it with no knowledge of who directed, they would be pleasantly surprised."
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