Average Rating: 4.7/10
Reviews Counted: 112
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 91
Despite a dedicated performance by Sienna Miller, Factory Girl delves only superficially into her character, and ultimately fails to tell a coherent story.
Average Rating: 4.6/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 31
Despite a dedicated performance by Sienna Miller, Factory Girl delves only superficially into her character, and ultimately fails to tell a coherent story.
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The true story of one woman's brief and ultimately tragic flirtation with fame in the 1960s provides the basis for this biographical drama. In 1943, Edie Sedgwick (Sienna Miller) was born to a wealthy and socially prominent family, and she grew up with beauty and money, but also a history of mental illness; she was hospitalized with an eating disorder in her late teens, and by the time she was 21, two of her seven siblings had died before their time. In 1964, Edie moved to New York City, and
Feb 9, 2007 Wide
Jul 17, 2007
$1.6M
MGM
All Critics (114) | Top Critics (36) | Fresh (23) | Rotten (94) | DVD (15)
I think Sienna Miller does a really nice job of capturing Edie Sedgwick, who really was the fore-runner to Paris Hilton and a lot of other people who are just famous for being famous.
It's a movie without that emotional spark that lets us connect with her, or anybody else.
When Sedgwick's whirl of liberation turns into addiction, clichés stall the plot.
Sedgwick's death seems as predestined as a Hollywood melodrama.
You feel as if either you or the filmmakers have missed the point, if there ever actually was one.
Thanks to the flashy work of the film's two editors and cinematographer, style trumps substance. Or perhaps it merely masks the lack of it.
Far less insight than the flattest of E! True Hollywood Story segments
In Factory Girl, a jumbled account of the short life and photogenic hard times of the first Andy Warhol superstar, Edie Sedgwick, Sienna Miller makes Sedgwick into an archetypal over-confident blond with a mannered young Kathleen Turner croak.
Summing up a complex human being in two hours is like an MTV spot about Nelson Mandela cut to a Kanye West track. We don't really get to know Sedgwick at all.
True story of drugs and sex is for adults only.
As a bio-pic, Factory Girl is limited, but as a snapshot of Sedgwick and Warhol's fiery relationship, there is much to fascinate us.
The draw between Warhol and Sedgwick is so strong and handled so well that Factory Girl manages to easily overcome its other minor flaws.
The new, unrated DVD, which includes new footage and Hickenlooper's bitter commentary (attacking critics who dismissed his film, among other things), is just as disappointing as the shapeless and shallow theatrical release.
This raw spotlight on the debutante 'Mayflower girl' turned Andy Warhol superstar groupie, pretty much concludes that no matter how much money or blue blood a woman has, you're still just one more exploitable, disposable babe.
Factory Girl is an effective evocation of a particular slice of recent history. The film benefits from Miller's turn as Edie, an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink performance that takes the poor girl from the heights and highs of fame to the depths and doom
les écrits de Mauzner n'arrivent malheureusement pas à rendre justice, voire même à ajouter le moindre commentaire critique, à leur source d'inspiration
Spoilt, rich, posh, vacuous and fame-obsessed - who better to play Edie Sedgwick? If she's acting or not, Miller is brilliant. Just a shame the film is so shallow too.
Edie Sedgwick's story is sad, but never appears important or interesting.
It's Sienna Miller's star that shines brightest in this heartbreaking cautionary tale.
Miller is a genuine surprise as the damaged star. But the film leaves her very much as it finds her: a clueless naive.
Sienna Miller brings bright eyes and shapeshifting commitment to a script that doesn't always deserve it.
Is it possible ? A movie full of flaws, that still touches you, that still breakes you ? For me, Factory Girl proved it. Guy Pearce was perfect as Andy Warhol, while Sienna Miller did a good job. Hayden Christensen played well Bob Dylan (under another name because it is still not sure Eddie had an affair with him).
January 26, 2008Super Reviewer
Edie Sedgwick becomes the 1960s version of Paris Hilton, famous for her association to achievement and her downfall.The highlights of this film are the performances by Sienna Miller and Guy Pearce who are remarkably believable as Sedgwick and Andy Warhol. In fact, Pearce's performance frequently reminded me of Phillip
April 3, 2011
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