This is a biography picture about famous fashion designer Coco Chanel, I have never and will never be interested in women’s fashion but I kept any open-mind when watching this film but it just didn’t impress me all that much.

We see the life of Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel (Audrey Tautou “Amelie”, “The Da Vinci Code”) from her childhood in an orphanage to the height of the fashion world; along the way she encounters many forms of love as she struggles to decide which kind she prefers as both have their pros and cons. Her life doesn’t seem interesting enough to warrant a movie.

The performance by Audrey Tautou as Chanel is stale but I would probably say that is what the movie forces her to be like. There are parts where Chanel sings but it is a shame the singing isn’t very good. Unlike other people who have biography movies made about them such as Nelson Mandela (“Invictus”), Mozart (“Amadeus”) and Bruce Lee (“Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story”), Miss Chanel’s life doesn’t seem to be all that engaging and that’s a big problem that this movie has as it becomes an ultimately boring experience. The other characters were dull too, which certainly doesn’t help matters.

In “Coco Before Chanel”, there are a few bits and pieces about what makes good clothing that I’m sure the intended demographic will much appreciate so it gets points for that and the romantic elements while subpar will probably be enjoyed by those who enjoy these little kind of movies where not all that much happens so I believe it gets another few points for that but apart from that this film really offers very little to keep one entertained. All-round this is an average movie that it is the hard kind to criticise because it mainly suffers from blandest as opposed to anything else.