page_title: Imelda (film)
section_title: Release and reception
hierarchical_section_title: Imelda (film) / Release and reception
caption_attribution_description: English: Imelda Marcos; 060222-N-4772B-100 Guinsahugon Village, Republic of the Philippines (Feb. 22, 2006) - Wife of late Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Imelda Marcos, prays near the site of a devastating landslide that struck southern Leyte on Feb. 17, 2006. Sailors and Marines from the Forward Deployed Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) with elements of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), Joint Task Force (JTF) Balikatan and the USS Curtis Wilbur (DDG 54) arrived off the coast of Leyte Feb. 19 to provide humanitarian assistance and disaster relief to the victims of the area. U.S. Navy photo by Journalist 2nd Class (RELEASED) Deutsch: Imelda Marcos
context_page_description: Imelda is a 2003 documentary film directed by Ramona S. Diaz about the life of Imelda Marcos, former First Lady of the Philippines. Beginning with her childhood, the film documents her marriage to future President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos, her rule under the dictatorship, her exile in Hawaii and her eventual return to the Philippines.
  Reviews were largely favorable and it won the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary award at Sundance Film Festival in 2004. Imelda outsold Spider-Man 2 in the Philippines, but only took US$200,992 at the US box office with an additional US$300,000 worldwide. Reviews from critics are favorable with a 94% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes and a 69/100 from Metacritic.
context_section_description: Imelda had its world premiere at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and its North American premiere in the documentary competition of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Excellence in Cinematography Award Documentary. The film was also screened at the Maryland Film Festival in Baltimore.
  Critical reviews were mostly favorable. The film has a 94% fresh rating from Rotten Tomatoes and a 69/100 from Metacritic. The website Film Threat commended the film's treatment of the subject's flaws because it "allows her to describe them herself"; TV Guide called Imelda "an entertaining storyteller". The New York Times said the film is "a devastating portrait" and equates the theme of Imelda with that of delusion and power. The San Francisco Chronicle said it was "spellbinding".
  Both the Chronicle and Variety consider the film balanced and even-handed. Variety said that Imelda—who has been accustomed to public attention since her teenage years, was convinced that her charm and charisma would create a more favorable impression in the film than might otherwise be expected. It said that "her defenses of her husband and his regime are obviously filled with rationalizations and obfuscations". Other reviewers were more scathing, or note her distorted reality and the many contradictions with which she lives.
  The film took US$200,992 at the box office in the United States. In the Philippines, Imelda obtained a temporary injunction that prevented it being shown for a brief time. When the injunction was canceled and the film was released, it earned more than Spider-Man 2 and was considered a smash hit. Outside the US, the film received box office revenue of US$300,000.
  In the Philippines, the film was aired on GMA News TV in 2014.
caption: Imelda Marcos in 2006
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