What viewers end up with, fortunately, is the journey of a woman toward empowerment and freedom from societal norms that possesses the power to render them breathless and with a strange desire to conquer the world.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2024

Keira Knightley shines as the famous French author who bravely explores both her emerging literary voice and her bisexuality.

| Dec 7, 2022

Everything happens in a documentary capsule, one of mourning, of crying let loose, of memory, but above all, of Resistance. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 23, 2022

All in all, it’s a satisfying cinematic experience. Is a little less Willy and a bit more Missy too much to ask?

| May 20, 2022

Keira Knightley may not be French, but she is wonderful as the legendary French author Colette.

| Oct 12, 2021

Colette is a splendid biopic about the sublimely controversial feminist writer...costumes, sets and cinematography are gorgeous.

| Oct 12, 2021

What an absolutely terrific movie about an amazing woman who defied gender norms, revolutionized fashion, gave young women a voice unlike any they'd ever had before.

| Oct 12, 2021

Keira Knightley gives a phenomenal, career-best performance as the eponymous protagonist of Wash Westmoreland's lavish biopic.

| Oct 12, 2021

The film's rich, turn-of-the-20th century French sets, design, and costumes bolster the strong lead performances...

| Oct 12, 2021

For an audience now well-versed in biopics, there is nothing that remarkable about Colette's story.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 1, 2021

Episode 11: Moving On

| Original Score: 58/100 | Sep 1, 2021

A straightforward, elegantly framed perspective on one of France's finest pens, and a woman that revolutionised literature (...) on fire until the very end of her days.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2021

Don't let the premise fool you, Colette is far from submissive. She is spirited, sarcastic and sexually explorative -- a thoroughly modern heroine notwithstanding her corset.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 25, 2021

The set decoration and Wash Westmoreland's direction are top notch but it is Knightley that breathes life into the frothy but fascinating story of a pioneering woman.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 1, 2021

This is very much Knightley's show and she's terrific.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 19, 2020

Knightley manages to do some of the best work of her career.

| Oct 5, 2020

A history lesson and feminist celebration wrapped up in a thrillingly fun package, Colette is a hoot and a half, with Knightley - impeccably attired in a fabulously louche wardrobe - clearly having a ball.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2020

The inherent gravity of it all creates an illusion of depth, but the script doesn't actually plumb its ideas. It just stacks more plates on its arms as it continues.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2020

The actors save the day.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 18, 2020

The characters were just really well developed. I thought it was great.

| May 14, 2020