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Captures a complex and contradictory world figure. Imelda is by turns humorous, insightful and infuriating.
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Entertaining as it is, Imelda seems all too willing to take her at her word.
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New York Daily News by Jack Mathews
There's no question she's a smart cookie, but as she herself says, "There's a thin line between smart and crazy."
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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.
70
For the fascinating character study Imelda, Ramona S. Diaz was given a month's access to the former first lady, who supplies so many bizarre equivocations that it's hard to tell whether her actions were malicious or merely delusional.
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The New York Times by 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.
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A balanced, evenhanded film about a subject who has always managed to provoke intemperate reactions.
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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.