Imelda

Name: Imelda
Genre: Biography, Documentary
Released: June 9, 2004
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 69

2004

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Release Date: June 9, 2004 | Unrated

Summary: This documentary explores the complex persona of former Philippine First Lady Imelda Marcos, her rise to power and fall from grace. (Unitel Pictures International)

Director: Ramona S. Diaz

Genre(s): Biography, Documentary

Rating: Unrated

Runtime: 103 min

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V.A. Musetto

Throughout, Mrs. Marcos comes across as an elitist, insulated against real life by wealth and power -- yet one who truly believes she is misunderstood and has done nothing wrong. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Eminently successful at portraying the former first lady's flaws because it allows her to describe them herself. Read full review

Allison Benedikt

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. Read full review

Desson Thomson

But even though Marcos, in this film, provides enough material for a few hundred giggles and head-shakings, she also shows a pathetically human side. Read full review

Stephen Holden

As a personality study Imelda is a devastating portrait of how power begets self-delusion. It must be said, however, that through it all Mrs. Marcos exudes considerable charm and even a flickering sense of humor. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

When she's not babbling about the weird symbological system that rules her personal cosmos Imelda is an entertaining storyteller, vividly describing a life that became a national embarrassment and a camp legend. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Entertaining as it is, Imelda seems all too willing to take her at her word. Read full review

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