Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

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Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors

TV-G

2015

1h 30m

Drama

Biography

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A tryst with tragedy in 1955 Tennessee familiarizes 9-year-old Dolly Parton and her family with the healing power of faith and love.

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Melissa Maerz

Entertainment Weekly

To paraphrase something Parton once said about herself: It may look fake, but it's real where it counts. What counts most is the acting, which lends the story a naturalism that the script can't.

Rated: B

Dec 14, 2015

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Gail Pennington

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The story is a sweet one, and Coat of Many Colors does what it does very well.

Dec 11, 2015

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Brian Moylan

Guardian

Just like Dolly Parton, who is one of the best live performers I've ever seen, it is immensely watchable. However, for those who don't regularly visit the house of the lord, it will make your eyes roll like loose marbles in the back of a station wagon.

Dec 10, 2015

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Emily Ashby

Common Sense Media

It's refreshing to see such an unsanitized story of faith, family love, and overcoming adversity.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 14, 2015

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Jackie K. Cooper

Huffington Post

Simply beautiful and beautifully simple.

Rated: 8/10

Dec 12, 2015

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Ken Tucker

Yahoo! TV

This is the time of year when sentimentality can be a warming thing, and Parton's Coat will keep an awful lot of people warm this winter.

Dec 10, 2015

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love that Dolly is narrating this

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Great movie. Family friendly. Two thumbs up.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/14/23

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Audience Member

So sweet. Jennifer Nettles is amazing, and Alyvia Alyn Lind is such a spitfire!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/09/19

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Really good movie I thought we my wife and I actually bought the 2 movie DVD set. Its just set in the old times and reminded me of growing up on the farm. We didn't have much back then and we worked the fields and canned food and cut wood. Life was hard but it was simple. There was no internet, no cell phones, and outside and church was about it. But it hits home for my wife and I. Absolutely love both the movies.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/26/23

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farah r

I was completely captivated by this sweet little story about the childhood of country music legend Dolly Parton.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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My whole family absolutely loves both of the movies about Dolly's life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Stephen Herek

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Alyvia Alyn Lind

Dolly Parton

Jennifer Nettles

Avie Lee Parton

Gerald McRaney

Grandpa Jake Owens

Ricky Schroder

Lee Parton

Carson Meyer

Willadeene Parton

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Synopsis

A tryst with tragedy in 1955 Tennessee familiarizes 9-year-old Dolly Parton and her family with the healing power of faith and love.

Director: Stephen Herek
Producer: Hudson Hickman
Screenwriter: Pamela K. Long
Production Co: Warner Bros. Television, Magnolia Hill, Dixie Pixie Productions
Rating: TV-G
Genre: Drama, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 30m

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