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  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • Modern Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • Modern Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Summary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story takes viewers on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins. Spinning together fact and fiction, this feature documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire. Narrated by a cast of Jackie's closest ...

Directed By: Laura Fairrie

  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • Modern Films
  • 1 h 36 m
  • 2021
  • TV-14
  • Modern Films
  • 1 h 36 m

Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story takes viewers on an immersive journey through the trailblazing life of novelist Jackie Collins. Spinning together fact and fiction, this feature documentary reveals the untold story of a ground-breaking author and her mission to build a one-woman literary empire. Narrated by a cast of Jackie's closest ...

Directed By: Laura Fairrie

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Generally Favorable Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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80
Jul 2, 2021
At its best, Laura Fairrie’s entertaining film finds parallels between its subject and her many, big-haired heroines, especially Lucky Santangelo, the leading lady of such bestsellers as Dangerous Kiss and Poor Little Bitch Girl.
By Tara Brady FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 29, 2021
The dishiness is fun, but Lady Boss is most penetrating when it lifts the carapace of glamour Collins had constructed, both as alter ego and as armor against her critics.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 20, 2021
Entertaining, wide-ranging and insightful, Lady Boss leaves you with admiration for Collins and even a sneaking inclination to read her books.
By Allan Hunter FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 20, 2021
Lady Boss offers the story of a woman with a lot going against her who struck a blow against the sexual double standard and struck a blow for women seeking pleasure for its own sake. Her fight to achieve that goal often makes for a compelling story in its own right.
By Dan Callahan FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 20, 2021
Fairrie doesn’t attempt to rewrite history and make a case for Collins as an underappreciated literary genius. But she paints a stirring picture of a gifted storyteller and a brilliant female entrepreneur, who shrugged off the cultural snobbery and the misogynistic backlash sparked by her “scandalous” work and laughed all the way to the bank.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
60
Jul 1, 2021
In the end, Collins emerges as an opaque figure, as resistant to interpretation as her famously 2D fictional heroine Lucky Santangelo.
By Peter Bradshaw FULL REVIEW

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Production Company AGC Studios, BBC Arts, CNN Films, Passion Pictures, Ventureland
Release Date Jun 27, 2021
Duration 1 h 36 m
Rating TV-14
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Website https://www.modernfilms.com/ladyboss
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Awards

Royal Television Society, UK
• 1 Nomination

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