Corsage (2022)
78%RT Audience Score: 68%
Awards & Nominations: NA
Corsage puts a refreshingly irreverent spin on period biopic formulas, further elevated by Vicky Krieps’ terrific turn in the central role.
“Corsage” is a refreshing take on the period biopic genre, elevated by a fantastic performance from Vicky Krieps in the lead role. It puts a unique spin on the traditional formula and is a must-see for fans of the genre.
Production Company(ies)
Foreign Language
Distributor
IFC Films
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
Vienna, Austria; Luxembourg; Belgium
MPAA / Certificate
NR
Year of Release
2022
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Color:Color
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Sound mix:Dolby
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Aspect ratio:2.39 : 1
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Runtime:1h 53m
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Language(s):English, French, German, Hungarian
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Country of origin:Austria, France, Germany, Luxembourg
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Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Dec 23, 2022 Limited
Genre(s)
History/Drama
Keyword(s)
Corsage, Vicky Krieps, Florian Teichtmeister, Colin Morgan, Finnegan Oldfield, Tamás Lengyel, Alma Hasun, Marie Kreutzer, Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, History, Drama, Biography, German, IFC Films, Dolby Digital, Scope, Empress Elizabeth, Sissi, Bay Middleton, Louis Le Prince, Gyula Andrássy, Box Office, $38.3K, MPAA rating, reviewed by Jonathan Romney, K Austin Collins, Robert Abele, Clarisse Loughrey, Thelma Adams, Caryn James, Neely Swanson, Kelly Vance, Violet Lucca, Paul Whitington, Brian Orndorf, Alistair Harkness, directed by Marie Kreutzer, written by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, period biopic, refreshingly irreverent, Vicky Krieps’ terrific turn, Empress Elisabeth, Emperor Franz Joseph, Fanny Feifalik, lacing her corset tighter and tighter, hunger for knowledge, zest for life, restless in Vienna, travels to England, travels to Bavaria, former lovers, old friends, excitement, purpose, future of strictly ceremonial duties, hyperbolized image, plan to protect her legacy
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend: $3,228,525
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $3,456,665
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 1,150
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): €7,500,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $8,029,979
Production budget ranking: 1,710
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $4,324,143
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Florian Teichtmeister – Emperor Franz Joseph
Colin Morgan – Bay Middleton
Finnegan Oldfield – Louis Le Prince
Tamás Lengyel – Gyula Andrássy
Alma Hasun – Fanny Feifalik
Director(s)
Marie Kreutzer
Writer(s)
Marie Kreutzer
Producer(s)
Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz
Film Festivals
Cannes, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (85) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (75) | Rotten (10)
You sense that as an actor, Krieps’s own imperial phase is just beginning.
January 1, 2023 | Rating: 4/5
Jonathan Romney
Observer (UK)
TOP CRITIC
Corsage is not a great movie, but it’s good at detailing one woman’s circumstances. It doesn’t browbeat us with meaning, which it had every right to do, but instead attempts something humbler.
December 29, 2022
K. Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
Overall, “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.
December 29, 2022
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
Corsage reimagines it all, granting her unexpected agency… There’s something magnificently empowering about that.
December 28, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
TOP CRITIC
This astounding film reimagines the breakthrough moment of Elisabeth’s rebellion to reclaim herself and her agency… It’s both exhilarating and tragic.
December 27, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Thelma Adams
AARP Movies for Grownups
TOP CRITIC
The story departs from the facts most radically in creating a new final act for Elisabeth, one that is not necessarily happier but is true to her wilful nature and to this audacious film’s savvy sense of invention.
December 27, 2022
Caryn James
BBC.com
TOP CRITIC
Telling the story of an unhappy royal, Kreuzer would have done better to tell it historically or, like [Baz] Luhrmann, she should have followed the adage “go big or go home.” She did neither.
December 30, 2022
Neely Swanson
Beverly Hills Courier
Corsage is neither humorous nor cruel enough to take the empress’ midlife crisis to the next level. Eventually, it quietly runs out of gas and is over.
December 29, 2022
Kelly Vance
East Bay Express
[A] beautiful, quietly furious film.
December 29, 2022
Violet Lucca
Bust Magazine
Krieps is sensational in the lead role, playing Sissi as a ball of nerves, but also a single-minded and cultivated woman who’s no longer prepared to conform to blind convention.
December 28, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Paul Whitington
Irish Independent
Krieps does a fine job making the storm raging inside Elisabeth feel as real as possible, with Kreutzer occasionally struggling to make a film as interesting as her star.
December 28, 2022 | Rating: B-
Brian Orndorf
Blu-ray.com
Corsage turns the isolating life of a leading female royal into an anachronistic meditation on female celebrity, patriarchal oppression and the psychological damage both inflict.
December 28, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Alistair Harkness
Scotsman…
Plot
Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Queen of Hungary is idolized for her beauty and renowned for inspiring fashion trends. But in 1877, ‘Sisi’ turns 40 and is officially deemed an old woman. She fights to maintain her public image by lacing her corset tighter and tighter. Despite being instrumental in Austria’s alliance with Hungary, the Empress’s role has since been reduced against her wishes to purely performative. She becomes restless in Vienna and travels to England and Hungary, visiting former lovers and political allies, seeking the excitement of her youth. With a future of strictly ceremonial duties laid out in front of her, Elizabeth comes up with a plan to protect her legacy.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
In the Goofs section, Fresh Kernels notes that in the first fencing scene of the film, emergency signs are visible, and in the later fencing scene, the signs are still visible but appear to be blurred with CGI.
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