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I love this movie so much

Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

I kept on waiting for a 'big moment' in the 'documentary' but I couldn't find it... watched all the way to the end and I was left confused. A big flop, D-.It's really an uncoordinated jungle of spaghetti which tries too hard in vain to show the 'human' side of Beyoncé.She could have tried to inject some life into it by soliciting interview opinions of her Destine Child friends; co-workers and those around her. It could have injected some life into it and pretended to be independent and unbiased, or rather 'real'. I agree with many reviewers that she has failed lamentably to win new fans with this film. At least she has tried to show her work ethics; that she works hard at what she does hence the 4 stars above.

The movie begins with a monologue about childhood, narrated by Beyonce. Then we're at a concert, she drops the B word for some reason (She's bad like that), and we're done with that.Then the "documentary" goes on to the event concerning her father, and their breakup as co workers, Beyonce talks, in, this, slow, and, odd way, as, if, everything, she, says, has, a, deep, impact, and, are meaningfull, but really, it's just comes off as if she is not accustomed to use those big words ...Then we see her being interviewed, Beyonce is talking about the cross-road she faced after she fired here father, and throws all this questions at the viewers regarding her priorities, and guess what, next sentence is about something completely different.Next we have her talking about how we all are brained-washed by the media, well, this is something we can argue, but, why, does, she, still, talk, like, this?Next we see her before her album release, in the office, listing to one of the songs, while mostly white men in their mid 40 is bumping their head (not exactly to the beat, but just randomly), and she paused the song and says "sorry (something something)" and the room breaks out in laughter, and stands up clapping. After thet is done with, one of the men (the one sitting closest to B) says that this album raises the bar. That is funny Because as B is leaving the building we see a poster of Adel's "21", a album that did raise the bar.Anyway, anyway, that is how far I came, the movie is co-directed by B, and that just means that it is going to be shallow, after all, a self-portrait that you publish will not be anything more than that. B tires hard to be deep, but the movie is shot in this artsy way witch makes it come off as superficial. If my review came off disjointed, it's because the movie is like that, now try watching an hour of that. :)

I caught Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream last weekend on HBO Zone where they showed encore after encore after encore of this documentary so there was no way I could miss it, followed by an interview with Oprah over at OWN on the same night of the cable premiere.The documentary was produced, directed, promoted, starred and edited by Beyoncé herself so there are many details that she's left out so we get to see probably a small percentage of the "real" Beyoncé that we've expected to see. It's one thing to allow cameras to come into your home, film endless hours of every single thing you do and have an unbiased director edit the movie to show this or that aspect of her story. Don't get me wrong, I like Beyoncé. I believe that she's a perfectionist when it comes down to her live performances and appearances. Her father, also acting as her former manager, has taught her well and has made her be the superstar that she is today. Ever since she was a teenager and formed her all girl band, followed by Destiny's Child, then her solo career Beyoncé has played all her cards very well and has landed her on the top of the music world. There is no denying her talent and showmanship.When it comes to revealing all in front of her laptop camera, which she carries everywhere she goes, is a different story. There's nothing engaging or much revealing to see in Life, it's more of an outlet for Beyoncé to talk about her frustration, creative stumps that come along the way, her father whom she had to "fire" as her manager since there was no differentiation between work and family. All I have to say is Beyoncé suffers from a "poor rich girl" syndrome. Are we supposed to feel sorry for her?Among many other scenes, Beyoncé is lying in bed, baring no make-up, and says in a grave, deep voice "there's so much going on" before turning her lamp light off, leaving us wondering "what is going on?". Later, in her interview with Oprah, she says how it was so difficult to choose what to reveal and what not to reveal in the documentary yet she doesn't reveal much. Kind of contradictory, don't you think?One thing that she makes absolutely clear is that she carried her daughter's pregnancy instead of using a surrogate mother. I always believed that to be true and I did sense that she was hurt when she realized how a "harmless" gossip gets started and messes with an artist's head, much like Michael Jackson. She also reveals how she lost her first baby two years prior and her latest album carries a song where she pours her feelings about her loss, which I thought was real and heart breaking. In general, I thought Beyoncé: Life Is But a Dream borrows from many other documentaries like Madonna: Truth Or Dare, or U2's Rattle and Hum, Rolling Stones' Gimme Shelter or everything we've seen on MTV over the years. Nothing new, something we've come to expect already. I feel Beyoncé was really careful with how much she revealed but in the process left many questions unanswered. I guess that's what happens when you're the director of your own documentary? What should be the title to my documentary? The Many Faces of Italo? Hmmmm… Let me start working on that

I was very impressed with this documentary and the life lessons she communicated. It was a beautiful documentary and scenes were beautiful as well. If you want to be encouraged and uplifted watch this movie. Here are some high points from the documentary: The visual background scenes. The singing, she is a great singer. Her family gathering. A woman in charge. I really appreciated how she had to take charge and how hard she works. The sadness parts were her talking about losing a child and losing her dad as her manager. The Songs I would recommend to download from iTunes are 1+1, I care, and End of Time. Her daughter Blue Ivy is so adorable and beautiful. You will be blessed by this movie. Enjoy.