A Man's Story
Trinity | Release Date: November 2, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
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Mixed or average reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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7
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1
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88
New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNov 1, 2012
Showing the personal toll that produces a star in any field could be a soggy, predictable drag, but the documentary A Man's Story never slides into easy sentiment or bromides. Read full review
75
The PlaylistKevin JagernauthNov 4, 2012
A fascinating look at the juggling act of a man who is succeeding in public, but still trying to find the answers in private. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 2, 2012
As a flashy, country-hopping ridealong with a style icon, it will appeal to fashionistas, but you won't learn much about the high-end world of clothing design beyond its ability to stretch someone's schedule to the breaking point, and land that someone a gig outfitting Jamie Foxx and Will Smith. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeNov 1, 2012
Diehard fashionistas will likely want to see it, but few others will take notice. Read full review
50
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldNov 1, 2012
An unsatisfying look at the London designer Ozwald Boateng, was shot over 12 years and aspires to a degree of intimacy, yet this glancing treatment is not very enlightening. Read full review
50
Village VoiceErnest HardyNov 1, 2012
The result often plays more like a satire of the fashion industry than a serious look at one of the humans inside it. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubSam AdamsOct 31, 2012
Trouble is, even a finely tailored suit needs a body to fill it, and A Man's Story never gets its man. Read full review
40
Total FilmSimon KinnearJan 18, 2015
Sadly, rather than provide insight into Boateng’s creative process, director Varon Bonicos is dazzled by the globetrotting, celeb-schmoozing lifestyle. Read full review
40
Time OutAndrew SchenkerOct 31, 2012
Neither totally impartial nor a puff piece, Varon Bonicos's documentary on fashion icon Ozwald Boateng nonetheless evinces a minimal amount of interest in digging into what makes its subject tick. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneOct 31, 2012
A Man's Story does a major disservice to an artiste of fashion with a pretty amazing and prolific oeuvre by reducing him to a Bravo-like personality - a personality whose pettiness Boateng's work, though perhaps not his ego, clearly exceeds. Read full review
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