Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

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Carol Channing: Larger Than Life

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2011

1h 23m

Documentary

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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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Rated: B-

Jan 22, 2013

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

There's more than stage talk in Dori Berinstein's documentary: Hiding within it is a remarkable, moving love story.

Rated: 3/4

Mar 15, 2012

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

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.

Rated: 1.5/4

Feb 3, 2012

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

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.

Rated: 3.5/4

Aug 6, 2019

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Neely Swanson

Easy Reader (California)

It's no surprise that she never really succeeded on television or film because Carol Channing truly is larger than life.

Sep 18, 2017

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Kathy Fennessy

The Stranger (Seattle, WA)

Still, a documentary of this nature lives and dies by the personality of its subject and Carol Channing has plenty to spare.

Aug 22, 2017

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Audience Member

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

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/10/23

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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.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Audience Member

The documentary is okay, but, the subject is entertaining to say the least . . .

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

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.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/19/23

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Audience Member

Hilarious and delightful.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/19/23

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Dori Berinstein

Director

Dori Berinstein

Screenwriter

Adam Zucker

Screenwriter

Dori Berinstein

Producer

Craig Sharmat

Original Music

Rob VanAlkemade

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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.

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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