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Mere seconds later, Aline is 4 or 5 years old, performing at an older siblings wedding.
Then, the camera angle changes, and we see Aline from the front.
The eye and the brain understand instantly that something is fundamentally wrong.
No longer are we looking at the face and body of a child.
Thunderstruck and thrown deep into the chasms of the Uncanny Valley, I struggled to accept what was happening.
Wait, so, this is a movie about Celine Dion but she wasnt involved at all?
Is she mad about it, or … ?
The movie is billed as a freely inspired fiction based on Dions life.
Who is Valerie Lemercier and why did she make this movie?
Shes previously given this sort of unofficial-biopic treatment to Princess Diana.
), which sounds potentiallyproblematiquein the exact way that privileged French people tend to grapple with race.
Is she actually singing inAline?
Did the movie get the rights to Celines actual songs?
Theres a lot of her French stuff in here, as well.
Somehow, they still had the budget to also re-create her massive Floridian villa.
So is this whole thing played straight?
Yes, me too.
The answer is complicated.
Celine Dion is a camp figure in and of herself, and Lemercier seems to understand that well.
Her mom corrects him: No, its Aline.
Both of them find this normal.
Do we get to see Celines wackywedding dress and gigantic Swarovski crystal headpiece?
Yes, we do.
How deep does the movie get into her career?
What does Aline eat?
We see her dip a croissant in Champagne at breakfast.
We see her go to absolute town on a cheeseburger and fries.
(She nonetheless eats that cheeseburger right next to him.)
Outside of the shrunken child and the carrot-soup situation, whats the uncanniest part?
This is a tough one.
The whole movie feels like a dream you might have after being put under at the dentist.
When can I see this masterpiece?
We can all agree that this needs to be corrected immediately.
What is Netflix even good for, if not this?
Do you feel slightly different now, having seen this film?
Perhaps forever altered on a cellular level?
Oui, I do.
