Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
| Release Date (Streaming): June 27, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
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Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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1
Negative:
0
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80
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 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. Read full review
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The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisJun 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. Read full review
70
Screen DailyAllan HunterJun 20, 2021
Entertaining, wide-ranging and insightful, Lady Boss leaves you with admiration for Collins and even a sneaking inclination to read her books. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyJun 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. Read full review
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TheWrapDan CallahanJun 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. Read full review
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The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 1, 2021
In the end, Collins emerges as an opaque figure, as resistant to interpretation as her famously 2D fictional heroine Lucky Santangelo. Read full review
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