Coco Before Chanel - 2009 * *

With Audrey Tautou playing the lead how could this film fail? Well it's not that it failed exactly, more that it didn't concentrate enough on how Coco launched her mega famous clothes line that is now still idolized the world over. The parts we were shown ( Coco's upbringing with her sister and their quests to find happiness with men) weren't bad, but still slightly too drawn out. I did find myself getting a tad bored after watching Coco and her sister go on and on about eligible men for what seemed like ages and to top it all off ( if you know her story,) major parts of her relationships and life were left out which seems a totally idiotic concept to me. We spent ages watching her slow progression through her younger years and then all of a sudden we are plunged into the famous life of Coco Chanel - The Fashion Icon, followed shortly by the end credits. For someone who was interested to see how Coco went about starting her company I felt this was a bit of a cheap shot and didn't serve it's purpose. I'm glad I only rented it instead of buying it. On a plus side Audrey Tautou is gorgeous and like a French Audrey Hepburn.