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08/07/04
Imelda (2004)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:32
Rotten:2
Average Rating:7.3/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Education/General Interest
Synopsis: The infamous widow of Philippine dictator Ferdinand Marcos stars in her own documentary, blithely shrugging off criminal allegations and defending her ostentatious spending habits as "giving the... [More]
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12/04/04
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12/06/05
When a filmmaker can get Imelda Marcos, once one of the 10 richest women in the world, to pull out a Sharpie and draw a Pac-Man, she's alright by me.
06/10/04
Where with another person you'd want to stop and argue with the patently fictitious assertions, there is something mesmerizing about Imelda's complete conviction
06/06/04
Both enlightening and entertaining.
10/01/04
Mostly it's Marcos' mysterious sway over those who stood to lose the most from her power, coupled with her amazing inability to face that fact, that makes Imelda maddeningly fascinating.
08/19/04
Top CriticAs glossy as its subject's heavily lacquered trademark coiffure.
08/08/04
She emerges as an energetic, narcissistic, and totally self-deluded woman.
06/17/04
Even though Marcos, in this film, provides enough material for a few hundred giggles and head-shakings, she also shows a pathetically human side.
07/16/04
Top Criticdoes history a great service
09/04/05
Imelda is a fascinating documentary about the glamorous wife of Ferdinand Marcos whose power and wealth have insulated her from the suffering of her people.
06/02/04
Makes up for what it lacks in political and historical depth by providing a stunning study in the sheer imperviousness of the unchecked and over empowered ego.
10/01/04
Top CriticThere may be no new revelations in Imelda, but the film still proves highly instructive in the ways in which power corrupts and politics attracts the opportunistic.
08/20/04
'When they went to my closet they found shoes, not skeletons,' Mrs. M tells Diaz. Entertaining as it is, Imelda seems all too willing to take her at her word.
06/08/04
Top CriticAn open-eyed biography of a woman who ranks among the vainest in modern history, and who -- from the evidence she provides in numerous interviews -- could be a case study of self-delusion and denial.
06/11/04
Top CriticBy turns humorous, insightful and infuriating.
01/28/04
Although the fact that Imelda does most of the talking begins to feel like election year rhetoric or just plain propaganda, there's something perversely fascinating in listening to such sincere self-deception.
07/03/04
[Documents] a once-in-a-lifetime development of a certain personality type, the result of which isn't as simple to pin down as we'd expect.
03/02/06
While dismissing her point of view, it also takes her absolutely seriously -- her presentation of the 'facts' often makes her seem ridiculous, but at the same time beyond criticism.
06/11/04
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