Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors
The movie chronicles the life and career of country-music star Dolly Parton and her family who struggle to overcome devastating tragedy and discover the healing power of love, faith and a raggedy patchwork coat that helped make Dolly who she is today.
19 January 1946, Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
12 September 1974, Douglas, Georgia, USA
13 April 1970, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
4 May 1949, Sevierville, Tennessee, USA
20 July 1965, Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA
December 10, 2015
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.
December 11, 2015
The story is a sweet one, and Coat of Many Colors does what it does very well.
December 14, 2015
It's refreshing to see such an unsanitized story of faith, family love, and overcoming adversity.
December 12, 2015
Simply beautiful and beautifully simple.
December 14, 2015
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.
December 09, 2015
Although it's a struggle at times, you do suspend disbelief and go with it because Lind is so adorable, and you want to accept that the saccharine story line could have played out in real life just the way it's depicted in the film.
December 10, 2015
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.
December 08, 2015
Dolly Parton's Coat of Many Colors is a TV movie like mama used to make - a relentlessly faith-based holiday confection geared toward an audience that had reason to feel underserved by network television.
December 09, 2015
It's a romanticized view of the past, to put it mildly, and it's as sticky sweet as the caramel apple cider you might find at Dollywood.
