Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.... (Full plot summary below)
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Empress Elizabeth of Austria is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. In 1877 Christmas Empress turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman she starts trying to maintain her public image.
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| The Irish TimesTara BradyCorsage shares some obvious DNA with Pablo Larraín’s Spencer and Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette, but where those films swoon for their put-upon heroines, Krieps brings an unapologetic flintiness. |
| The New York TimesManohla DargisMaking Elisabeth interestingly human proves more than enough, a feat that Kreutzer and Krieps accomplish to dazzling effect. |
| Chicago TribuneMichael PhillipsNot all the anachronisms work, but Corsage works anyway because Krieps makes Elisabeth a dimensional woman for all seasons. |
| Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleOverall, Corsage shows a tantalizing way forward for the hopelessly staid biopic genre: honoring, provoking and upending with verve and humor as it liberates a complex woman from iconography’s deadening glamour. |
| TheWrapNicholas BarberUltimately, Corsage is a deeply sympathetic portrait of Elisabeth, enhanced by Krieps’ delightful performance. |
| VarietyJessica KiangFull of odd glitches and deliberate flubs in period detail, the film feels like an invitation into a secret conspiracy to reach back through time and, with deft, irreverent 21st-century fingers, loosen the stays on Empress Elisabeth’s corsetry just a little. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh LarsenOverall, Corsage doesn’t reinvent the royal-as-trapped-canary subgenre (it also glorifies Elisabeth’s ultimate fate in a slightly uncomfortable way), but the film style and attitude, much like Krieps’ empress, make a scene. |
| The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckThe destination may be startling but, thanks to a magnetic star turn from Krieps, the voyage is never boring. |
| EmpireLou ThomasA brilliant Vicky Krieps performance, ample surprises and a series of playful anachronisms elevate Marie Kreutzer’s period drama about a 19th century Empress above the ordinary. That, and a fine soundtrack to boot. |
| Little White LiesCaitlin QuinlanKreutzer crafts an elegant portrait that grants this historical figure a new lease of agency and autonomy. |
