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After watching this documentary, I was deeply moved and saw a more genuine side of Celine Dion. Her dedication, persistence, and hard work have earned her the success she enjoys today.

However, seeing the ending left me feeling somewhat distressed. In fact, I believe there is nothing more precious than a healthy life. If Celine ever has the chance to read this comment, I just hope she takes care of her health and doesn't overexert herself by insisting on continuing to sing. Perhaps it's better to say, I am convinced that even if she just walked on stage to say hello, countless fans from over the years would still buy tickets to see her.

No one would be surprised or resentful if a performer facing such drastic health issues chose to retreat entirely from public view. It is brave of Dion to reveal this struggle in such a raw and honest manner, and no doubt it will earn her sympathy from the fans she's so afraid to disappoint.

But it was clear to me that worse than this terrible disorder, what hurts her is her loss of identity as a performer. From such a young age, that's all she's known.

We saw a lot of physical therapy in this piece. However, I really wished we saw her in behavioral health therapy too. I think that is also as serious here--her loss of identity.

And as I realized that was the main issue, all I could see in this piece was another performance that she needed to deliver, and I felt uneasy about that. Her anxiety was giving me anxiety. She doesn't need to do this for her fans. It's ok, she can put her feet up, and write, design clothes or shoes or whatever, or paint, and everything else she missed out over the decades. I wish she could lower her perceptions of what she owes people--she doesn't. It's really ok to rest now. She deserves it.

I wish her some peace and ease, so very much.

"I AM CELINE DION" is a deeply emotional and raw documentary that truly captures the essence of Celine Dion, a superstar who is as human as any of us. The film made me cry a couple of times, highlighting the immense pressures and vulnerabilities she faces behind the spotlight. Celine is portrayed with a perfect balance of her imperfections and her extraordinary talents. It's incredibly difficult to watch her world fall apart, seeing her grappling with personal and professional challenges, unsure of her next steps. Despite everything, her voice remains her anchor. Witnessing her struggle to sing through her pain is utterly heartbreaking, yet it underscores her resilience and unwavering dedication to her craft. This documentary is a poignant reminder of Celine's humanity, making her story all the more relatable and touching.

I'm speechless how open she is. But I also can relate. Around 5 years ago I started lost my senses in my limbs and was diagnosed with a spine condition. As an ex-athlete it was - and still is difficult to accept that the best days are behind and the passion that kept me going is gone.

Nobody's immune to fate. She's and always will be a true Diva, with a wonderful voice and personality.

I enjoyed seeing backstage footages, she's just being at home, her open personality about her illness and life. And the fact that she is aging gracefully, no make up. Just her at home talking about her passion and struggles.

Celine, show or not - you are loved. It's hard not to feel "guilty" when we have a good day. But try to enjoy it without being hard on yourself.

This documentary will hit you hard with reality. Irene Taylor did an amazing job showcasing, chronologically, what Celine Dion has gone through over the years,concert by concert. A few snippets of HD footage are mixed with raw versions of makeup-free Celine struggling. For the 911 scene, bring tissues because, in the end, its about a human trying.to continue her dream of returning to the stage. Celine, your heart will go on forever. We are here not for the apples., but for the tree.

My most favourite part was the home made scenes and the family interaction. Extremely recommended to watch in Amazon Prime.

When you sit down to watch this, have a box of tissues ready. This is one of the most beautiful, genuine, raw and heartbreaking documentaries I've seen on a real icon.

Over the past decade or so we have had hours and hours of fake "reality" TV and documentaries produced. They are scripted, staged, not a wrinkle seen or an hair out of place, where everything is a "drama." Think the Kardashians.

This documentary is real, and honest. Céline Dion comes across down to earth and very self aware.

I wouldn't call myself a fan, but I can't deny her talent, and how her illness is affecting her life and family.

I am not a Celine Dion's fan, but I must admit that she is a tremendous singer, and since so many decades now.... She was helped a long time ago by her husband, René Angeli, who discovered her and found contracts for her. But besides this, she made herself. She has always been very dedicated to her passion, singing. Her closest family is her fans. And seeing her in such a physical and psychological distress, is really painful for everyone, even the non fans as me. So, imagine the genuine, die hard fans.... To watch the pain of this poor Celine is a pure torture for anyone, unless being cold hearted. Seeing poor Celine trying to sing, with the "broken" voice and then crying in front of the camera was too much for me. I prefer a torture sequence in a fiction stuff. I sincerely hope she will make it against this awful disease.

For me, a documentary is all about being raw and authentic. This is the definition of a documentary!

It is so sad to watch a person with a fire inside her, but she can't do what she wants. Imagine being thirsty and you are in a desert with no water, it's like dying. SPS is pure hell. I feel so sorry for Celine and the struggle and pain she is going through.

You can feel through the screen that she wants to sing but can't. The fact that she can't sing like she used to due to SPS is heartbreaking. The whole situation going on with Celine is heartbreaking.

But, we should not forget that other people around the world are suffering from SPS too, and going through the same pain and struggles. We shall also not forget that Celine has an amazing team around her. Her team is helping her and trying to make this difficult journey as easy as possible for her. The fact that she is rich enough to afford a team that will take care of her and make sure that she has everything she needs is worth a lot. It doesn't take away the pain of course or the struggle but it takes away a little bit of the worry for her about money or healthcare issues or whatever issue.

Imagine being a normal person with a normal income and dealing with SPS.

Celine should be happy she has the financial security to deal with this. It helps and is comforting In some ways.

At least she doesn't have to worry about certain things while dealing with this SPS.

Anyhow this documentary was amazing and it give us a view of how it is to live with SPS. How devastating it is.

It's like being in a prison of some sort. You try to escape this prison but can't. I feel SPS is like a prison sentence of some sort.

I'm glad she felt comfortable enough to be herself in this documentary. To educate and raise awareness about SPS.

She is a brave woman! She is truly amazing and has done amazing things in life. I'm glad she felt comfortable enough to show this side of her and her life.

100% a must-watch for sure!

I am: Celine Dion is a glimpse into the life of mega star and super talented Canadian singer, Céline Dion. This documentary primarily focuses on her struggles with health issues that greatly impact her personal and professional life.

If you are looking for a comprehensive documentary that covers her entire life, you will be disappointed as this primary focuses on her battle and the impact of having Stiff Persons Syndrome. Her upbringing, road to stardom, relationships with friends and family, etc. Are only ever briefly glossed over.

However, it does a great job showing how illness can greatly limits oneself, not only physically but also how it can have even more devastating consequences on ones mental health, and in the case of Celine, whose identity is very much wrapped up in being a singer and performer, what that means when those things are taken away.

In a way this speaks to the aging process, how we cope when our bodies betray us and no longer able to do what they once were able to. It also speaks about self identity. When your self identity is wrapped around just one or two things (ie. A job, being a mother, being famous), what happens when those things change or are taken away. What is left?

It is truly heart wrenching seeing Céline Dion suffer through this disease (and the camera doesn't shy away showing her suffering and in pain) and while she is constantly surrounded by support staff, she seems so alone.

I praise Céline Dion for agreeing to showcase not only her highs but also her lows and when she is most vulnerable. She is regularly seen in a raw unglamourous light (no make-up, hair just pulled back, and wearing casual lounge outfits), talking about upsetting and emotional subjects, and even at one point showing unflinching footage of her suffering through an attack where she is at her most vulnerable and obviously in considerable pain in discomfort.

Admittedly I am not someone who has followed Celine's career closely. I appreciate her talent and showmanship. I, like I'm sure a lot of people are, wondering how she is doing so I went to see this movie. It was: interesting, exciting, heartfelt, sweet, sorrowful, raw, devastating, and yet in the end hopeful. I've never seen someone of her caliber be so transparent. She allowed the cameras to capture the good, bad and ugly of the stiff person syndrome. She is a fighter and wants desperately to get back to doing what she loves and to be in front of an audience again. I hope which ever way it goes she can find peace and a purpose in life whether she can perform on stage again or not. She is very real and has very little ego. She is appreciative of her gifts and all the people in her life. You can tell she isn't a diva. I thought they'd spend a little more time discussing the disease itself and the research being done, but they really focused only on her life, past and present, and how she is coping, and how she hopes to continue. There is a part of her that is bigger than life and you can tell she has grabbed hold of it and lived it 100%, leaving nothing on the table. It doesn't seem she knows any other way. I recommend this movie to anyone, whether you are a major fan or not.

I think this documentary felt a bit rushed. It would have been better with a miniseries instead. I would have liked to see more of Celine Dion herself, her life, her family, and most of all her disease, Stiff Person Syndrome, that changed her life and career. She is undoubtedly one of the best singers who ever lived, with many great and famous songs.

The documentary shows a stressful mix of both her successes and her illness. With a miniseries, they could have included everything and gone into more detail, which would have been even more powerful and emotional. In this documentary, Celine instead comes across as a bit narcissistic, which I don't know if she is because everything was so stressed. You got to see so little. However, you got to see a couple of her seizures, which was very painful and sad to see.

This film will tear your heart to pieces. A Celine in her truest form in Her daily life, struggling to survive and yearning to get back to entertaining her fans. This movie will give you hope and bring you to tears. I am truly heart broken to watch this film but it's so moving. I have seen Celine in many concerts but this is the most raw unedited Celine that you won't get to expiernce anywhere. Bravo to Celine for allowing the cameras into her home. We love your music and love you even more. I can't wait for you to get back on the stage and perform. Everyone must see this documentary, you won't regret it.

As a musician and a personality there is no denying that she is immensly talented but that being said she is just human. It happens to all of us, thrown a curve that we were not expecting, having to recreate ourselves to carry on. Most are not given the opportunity to even know what their real talents are much less the alignment of being in the right place at the right time. It worked out for her and she has a world of admirers, which she deserves. I couldn't watch the whole interview because of the emphasis on her oppulent lifestyle. It took away from what the story could have been in pursuit of knowing what SPS and how her experience may help others.

It's sad to see some of these negative reviews and some people's blatant jealousy and pettiness towards this woman's lifestyle. These reviewers don't realize that their reviews are more of a reflection of themselves than the thing they are reviewing. Celine lives in a mansion and has a very privileged life; you knew this going into the documentary. She's Celine Dion. Were you expecting her lifestyle to be relatable?

This is a raw documentary that focuses on her illness and her passion for music which is clearly displayed in this project. Would you be able to expose yourself the way she did: having a crippling seizure for the world to see, breaking down in tears because your career, your passion and very life is at risk of being destroyed? She worked hard for her wealth-30+ years. If she lived in a small townhouse and furnished her house with furniture from Target would that make you feel better? Sad, sad people.

As a Céline fan, NOTHING about her in this documentary has surprised me. I've always known her to be this incredibly warm, down-to-Earth, kind, talented, generous, strong and giving human being. This wonderfully made documentary just went on to prove the same things without really trying to. I am: Celine Dion is a poignant film about what her life has been the past couple of years. "Critics" tend to dislike a hagiography, but it's quite difficult to capture Céline without naturally feeling a bit of reverence for her at the end of it, because that's how amazing she is as a human being. But Irene has definitely done justice to the material. This film feels like a love letter to not only her fans, who already know her to be an open book, but for also neutrals who, I bet, will come away from watching it having gained immense respect for Céline's spirit.

I have always thought that Celine Dion had the best voice of all of the divas. Mariah, Whitney, Adele, Celine had the best voice by a very long way. I am lucky enough to have seen her live a couple of times and she put on a great show. What has happened to her is incredibly sad, the fact that she just can't hit those notes the way she could is obviously torture for her.

Watching this documentary I found it sad of course but also a little bit awkward. She really did herself no favours by showing off all those clothes, all those shoes. What was the point in that? 'OK, I can't sing like I did bit I am still absolutely loaded'. Quite a bit of this seemed staged too and the no make up approach was blatantly done to make her look worse. I am completely sympathetic to her plight but surely the time has come for Celine to accept the situation and become a TV personality/presenter or something similar. We have the very many recordings of her terrific voice and she has had a magnificent career. This documentary, while upsetting at times, did drag on too much and even overdid the sympathy.

Omg This documentary was so well done, you see Celine as they focus on how fragile life can be and how quickly life can change .

A mother , a singer , battling an illness , her strength , her fears , her hope .. all highlighted.

Having sold 250 million albums , losing her husband and parents all in a short time yet she still continued to perform until this disease stopped her entire career .

I had no idea stiff person syndrome was so bad , now because of Celine , this horrible disease is finally getting the attention and funding it needs to find a cure .

I always liked Celine but I now have total respect for her after this documentary.

As a big fan of Celine Dion, I eagerly sat down to watch this movie with two friends who, while not avid followers of the singer, enjoy some of her songs. Our expectations were high, setting the stage for potential disappointment.

The movie felt disjointed and lacked cohesive storytelling. It struggled to even fit the category of a documentary, resembling more of a vlog. The best parts were undoubtedly the concert footage of Celine, but the narrative as a whole was erratic. While Celine's personal storytelling was heartfelt, it wasn't well-supported by the accompanying footage. In fact, two interviews she did with American and Canadian media during the promotional campaign provided a far more insightful look into her life and battle with her illness.

We hoped the film would offer a thorough retrospective of Celine's career and her struggle with the disease. From the early signs of trouble to the worsening symptoms and eventual diagnosis, we wanted to see how these challenges impacted her life and career. Instead, the film focused on isolated moments of her suffering.

Towards the end, the movie did include a segment showing Celine working in the studio in her current state, along with footage of one of her spasm attacks. However, the buildup to this scene was weak, serving only to unsettle the audience rather than adding meaningful context to the narrative.

I understand the filmmakers' reluctance to delve deeply into the specifics of her diagnosis. The movie wasn't meant to be a medical exposé. However, it should have depicted Celine's journey of discovering the disease, the ensuing uncertainty, and its impact on her career.

I'm giving the movie an 7, largely out of my admiration for Celine. Objectively, it deserves a 5. I expected a film on par with "La Vie En Rose" or "Bohemian Rhapsody," but this film fell short of those standards.

I'm prefacing this review by stating upfront that while writing, I listened to all six of her songs from a CBC article, from "The Power of Love" to her chest-thumping during "My Heart Will Go On" at the 1998 Oscars and my favorite Céline song, "It's All Coming Back to Me Now", the bombastic and operatic Jim Steinman masterpiece. Besides possessing a glorious and otherworldly voice with immaculate control, I love that she's always so dramatic with her songs while emoting her heart out. So, being a super-fan, I realize I'm highly biased on this new and terrific documentary on Prime about her current struggles with a debilitating disease. In the doc, which is incredibly intimate and almost uncomfortably so a few times, she's reliably kooky and genuine and authentic and after viewing, I felt selfish for being bummed I never got to see her in concert as everyone I know who saw "A New Day..." in Vegas adored the show. If you're a fan, you must watch, and if not, it's a well-produced musical documentary about one of a dwindling breed, the true pop diva, so check this out and then listen to her Essentials playlist on Apple Music.

I really looked forward to seeing this show because I've been a Celine fan for many years. I think she has the best female voice in the world. I saw her live when she played Las Vegas. She was awesome. The documentary (or movie) jumps around too much for me. I would've liked it to focus more on her illness of Stiff Person Syndrome, and her family and personal life, than her past success and riches. I think the documentary makes her look narcissistic, and I've never thought of her that way. I think they could've made two documentaries- one about her fame and one about her illness instead of jumping back and forth. They go from showing her performing to jumping back to her illness. Back and forth. I'm struggling to keep watching - I have it paused. I have a neurological disease myself, and I struggle every day. It would've been better in my opinion to see a movie with the perspective of how she lives with the disease and what her treatment is. I think she is great, and I do feel sorry for her, but I'm not interested in her immense wealth or her show business career. I already know about that. I have her CDs and I've seen her live. I've listened to all her music through the years, and I didn't tune in to see her past glory. I'm not jealous as someone stated. I'm merely giving a review of what I thought of the documentary.

This documentary took me on a Rollercoaster of emotions, it was so raw and I can definitely say this has to be one of the best documentaries I've ever watched, she really let us inside her life to see what she has been going through and I find so much courage watching. She is a living legend and I really hope this documentary plants the seeds for her eventual comeback. I pray and hope this documentary wins a award, the director and whole team did a great job putting this masterpiece together. I hope and pray Celine gets better and I hope she knows how proud all of us fans are of her. We love you Celine.