L'amour fou
IFC Films | Release Date: May 13, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
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60
TimeMary PolsMay 23, 2011
Whereas Italian fashion icon Valentino was larger than life in "The Last Emperor," Matt Tyrnauer's jazzy 2009 documentary, Saint Laurent in L'Amour Fou is mostly a rather sweet and anguished ghost. Read full review
60
Village VoiceKarina LongworthMay 10, 2011
It plays like an extended auction catalog with commentary. Thematically recalling Olivier Assayas's "Summer Hours"-another film dealing with objects in a French art collection as receptacles for memory and personal biography-it sorely lacks that drama's tension between insular nostalgia and the wider, rapidly evolving outside world. Read full review
60
Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiMay 9, 2011
Akin to a stroll through a gallery, L'amour Fou is meditative and magically eye-opening. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis HarveyMay 9, 2011
Shy on the celebrity-gawking (and celebrity input) that marks many fashion documentaries, and neither gossipy nor an objective appreciation of his impact and legacy, picture is a successful portrait on its own terms, save one: It's unlikely to excite much theatrical interest. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderJ.R. JonesJun 2, 2011
The details of Saint-Laurent's creative process are fairly scant compared to the endless display of material possessions; when the movie is over, it seems more like a catalog than a life story. Read full review
50
New York PostV.A. MusettoMay 13, 2011
Not a definitive portrait of the designer, nor does it pretend to be. But it should be of interest to viewers even if there's not a single YSL label in their wardrobes. Read full review
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