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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

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Barbara Walters, Debbie Reynolds, Lily Tomlin and others pay tribute to the life and career of iconic musical-comedy star Carol Channing.
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Moira MacDonald Seattle Times 03/15/2012
3/4
There's more than stage talk in Dori Berinstein's documentary: Hiding within it is a remarkable, moving love story. Go to Full Review
Lou Lumenick New York Post 02/03/2012
1.5/4
There's little sense of the Carol Channing beneath the overdone makeup - if there is one - except maybe to celebrate her fourth marriage to a high school classmate who died recently. Go to Full Review
Stephen Holden New York Times 02/02/2012
4/5
Carol Channing is 91 going on 7. That is meant as a compliment. Go to Full Review
Mattie Lucas From the Front Row 08/06/2019
3.5/4
A film, and a life, worth cheering for, that will send audiences out of the theater on a cloud, whistling her iconic tunes, grinning from ear to ear. Go to Full Review
Neely Swanson Easy Reader (California) 09/18/2017
It's no surprise that she never really succeeded on television or film because Carol Channing truly is larger than life. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy The Stranger (Seattle, WA) 08/22/2017
Still, a documentary of this nature lives and dies by the personality of its subject and Carol Channing has plenty to spare. Go to Full Review
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12/27/2014 Amazing woman, performer and human being. What would the world would be like with more attitudes like hers? This film is an amazingly cute love story too See more 07/16/2014 A fantastic voyage through the life of one of Broadway's shinning stars. Quirky, funny and at times as campy as Carol herself, it has moments that are both touching and revealing. See more 01/18/2014 The documentary is okay, but, the subject is entertaining to say the least . . . See more 10/30/2013 She had it all: talent for comedy, drama, singing, dancing, acting, and not upstaging her co-stars till the proper moment. Oh, and incredible legs with a nice face and an unmistakable voice. No one deserves to be flattered with caricatures and mimics more. See more 06/30/2013 CAROL CHANNING: LARGER THAN LIFE is a happy surprise. A film sure to put a huge smile on your face. Not the most insightful documentary, but also not a slick lovefest, LTL shows that there truly are amazing indefatigable people in this world. Carol Channing is a force of nature and this film gives us 90 minutes in the presence of this very much living legend. See more 09/13/2012 Hilarious and delightful. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Barbara Walters, Debbie Reynolds, Lily Tomlin and others pay tribute to the life and career of iconic musical-comedy star Carol Channing.
Director
Dori Berinstein
Producer
Dori Berinstein
Screenwriter
Dori Berinstein, Adam Zucker
Production Co
Dramatic Forces
Rating
PG (Brief Smoking Images|Mild Thematic Elements)
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 5, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$9.9K
Runtime
1h 23m
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