Nico, 1988

Nico actually isn’t the kind of superstar because of whom you should be forcing your kids to think about the music of yesteryear. She was a sort of a diva who was popular with the greatest artists of the time. I guess she could mesmerize them, maybe even impress them. Hard to say. This movie definitely couldn’t answer that for me. Trine Dyrholm tried really hard, but I haven’t seen such a botched biopic in a really long time. It’s dull, boring, has no message and keeps skipping from one timeline to another without making any logical sense at all. (24/11/2018)

Pour reprendre les mots de la réalisatrice, l’actrice Trine Dyrholm ne ressemble pas à Nico, ne chante pas comme Nico et est même d’une nationalité différente que Nico, mais c’est elle qui convenait le mieux pour le rôle. Difficile de ne pas être du même avis. Elle incarne son personnage à merveille et entraîne le film avec un enthousiasme palpable. À part ça, Nico, 1988 est un film biographique plutôt conventionnel sur la muse d’Andy Warhol dans ses dernières années de vie. La scène de son concert à Prague estl’un des moments forts du film. [KVIFF 2018] (01/07/2018)

Well, this was definitely a weird film. I'll admit I'd never heard of Christa Päffgen before. I was expecting to find out more about her in this film, which didn't quite happen. I can't say that I’m still blissfully ignorant, but I'd rather not go into writing her biography. There are way too many blank spaces. Granted, the film does focus on the final stage of the singer's life, and the occasional flashbacks are surprisingly informative, but I still think she deserved a more comprehensive biopic. As I’m writing this solely based on what I've just found out about her life through this film, it obviously wasn’t disappointing; it rather piqued my curiosity and deserves three stars for that. The performance of Trine Dyrholm in the title role was superb. / Lesson learned: Say no to drugs. (18/10/2022)