Becoming Colette
Directed byDanny Huston
Written byRuth Graham
Produced byHeinz J. Bibo
Peer J. Oppenheimer
StarringKlaus Maria Brandauer
Mathilda May
Virginia Madsen
CinematographyWolfgang Treu
Edited byPeter Taylor
Roberto Silvi
Music byJohn Scott
Release date
  • November 6, 1992 (1992-11-06) (New York City)
Running time
97 minutes
CountriesGermany
United Kingdom
France
LanguageEnglish

Becoming Colette is a 1992 German-British-French biographical drama film written by Ruth Graham, directed by Danny Huston and starring Klaus Maria Brandauer and Mathilda May as Henry Gauthier-Villars and Colette respectively.

Cast

Release

The film was released in New York City on November 6, 1992.[1]

Reception

Joe Leydon of Variety gave the film a negative review and wrote, "Not even a twinkly eyed, scene-stealing turn by Klaus Maria Brandauer is enough to enliven Danny Huston's Becoming Colette ..."[2]

Peter Rainer of the Los Angeles Times also gave the film a negative review and wrote, "The film, which was directed by Danny Huston and scripted by Ruth Graham, has an airless, disembodied quality—not exactly what one wants from a movie about a sensualist of genius."[3]

Rita Kempley of The Washington Post also gave the film a negative review, describing it as "negligible".[4]

References

  1. Canby, Vincent (November 6, 1992). "The Making of a French Literary Legend". The New York Times. Retrieved February 12, 2023. The film, which opens today at the Sutton, is not quite a nonstop scream but, in its determinedly flatfooted way, it's as saucy a piece of movie baggage as has turned up in two or three decades.
  2. Leydon, Joe (May 12, 1992). "Becoming Colette". Variety. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  3. Rainer, Peter (November 20, 1992). "MOVIE REVIEW : An Unbecoming 'Becoming Colette'". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  4. Kempley, Rita (November 25, 1992). "'Becoming Colette'". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
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