Coco Chanel: Season 1
  • Network: Lifetime
  • Series Premiere Date: Sep 13, 2008
  • Season #: 1
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Metascore
54 out of 100

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User Score
7.8 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Summary: The life and loves of the famous fashion icon Coco Chanel (Shirley MacLaine) is explored in this TV movie from Lifetime.
  • Genre(s): Drama, Movie/Mini-Series

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Adam Buckman
    88
    Bobulova is delightful to watch, playing the younger Coco as winsome, stubborn, independent and gifted. MacLaine, seen always with a cigarette between two fingers, has less screen time, but she commands every minute in which she appears.
  2. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: David Hinckley
    80
    Shirley MacLaine will get most of the attention for playing fashion legend Coco Chanel in this smart-looking and solidly crafted new Lifetime biopic premiering Saturday night.
  3. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Marilyn Moss
    60
    We don't get a great deal of character development, nor do we always get the truth, but with Coco, there is plenty to see and do.
  4. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Nancy DeWolf Smith
    60
    While little of this is boring, the movie only sizzles and sparks when it jumps out of flashback mode and into the 1950s "present," with Ms. MacLaine as a slightly cranky and tottering but totally grand old dame.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 5
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 5
  3. Negative: 0 out of 5
  1. ChloeC.
    10
    This is a very good show. One of my favorites. It doesn't get old.
  2. JeanineW.
    10
    It has been a long time since I have enjoyed a movie of the caliber in a long time. Shirley Macline and Barbors Bobulove=a were excellent, I have watched it three times. Thank You! Thank You.… Expand
  3. LilyG.
    10
    Coco Chanel was one of the best movies I have seen on Lifetime in a long time. The actors/actresses were superb, the costumes were fantastic, the accents were delightful, not to mention young Coco's second lover was fun to look at :o) I found the movie very well done and informative. Shirley Mclaine did a fantastic job as the elder Coco. You go Shirley!! I watched it twice. Kudos to Lifetime. You should do more movies like this! I read a blog where someone suggested Merrill Streep...and worse yet, DEMI MOORE to play Coco. Ohhh what goes on in people's minds?… Expand
  4. DianaS
    10
    I thought Shirley MacLaine was wonderful in this part. The young Coco was a delight to watch. It was great to see a movie about the success of a woman that will be remembered for generations by one word "CHANEL"… Expand

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