A good movie, with a great performance.

Rating: 8/10 (13 January 2008)

This is an excellent film. I honestly didn't know much about Edith Piaf at all as I'm not a fan of Opera. To me though the singing was just a mild part of made this a dizzying film. This was very good and would have rated higher in my book if they hadn't completely skipped the all important World War II. I don't know if it was for budgetary reasons, or if it just wasn't thought about or just plain skipped in the script. I don't remember all of the details of this but I still think about it every so often. I loved the performance of Marion Cotillard and I dearly hope she gets Oscar nominated, but I doubt it. If this was an American Film I don't see how she couldn't. Here's hoping. I would recommend this film for those that don't care for Opera (Me) and try expanding your mind to see an interesting life story of one of the worlds (and France's) most endearing singers.