Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Music Box Films | Release Date: September 15, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
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3
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4
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2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
San Francisco ChronicleTony BravoSep 21, 2017
The designer’s own recollections paint the most vivid pictures throughout the film, as do his sketches and the extraordinary parade of shoes that go by like models pivoting on the runway. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKatie WalshSep 14, 2017
At times it is a bit unfocused, following a loosely chronological but otherwise haphazard structure. Yet it’s still a treat to spend time in the company of a true artist, never before illuminated with such clarity. Read full review
65
TheWrapDave WhiteSep 15, 2017
If the film had simply been the man talking about his cultural influences, that would have been enough, a survey in beauty from a man who knows how to translate that ineffable idea into a shoe that sprouts feathers. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSep 14, 2017
An affectionate and sometimes vibrantly imaginative biographical sketch, Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards could have used more shoes and fewer people. Read full review
60
The New York TimesJon CaramanicaSep 14, 2017
In a scene puzzlingly late in the film, Mr. Blahnik, who apparently still makes samples by hand, walks through his factory and finesses a sensuous heel out of a stump of wood. More of that would have made this confection about a radiant man into something sturdier. Read full review
60
Village VoiceAbbey BenderSep 14, 2017
Manolo might be a hard sell to moviegoers who aren’t already interested, but for fashion enthusiasts, it’s an enjoyable confection. Read full review
50
Washington PostChristopher KompanekSep 28, 2017
Talking-head interviews interspersed with reenactments reminiscent of cheap true-crime shows are the filmic equivalent of a polo shirt and khakis: blandly acceptable but uninspired. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMatt FagerholmSep 15, 2017
Perhaps die-hard fashionistas would find this reasonably diverting, but to everyone else, it is guaranteed to grow tiresome very quickly. Read full review
25
Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSep 11, 2017
Michael Roberts's documentary is an unabashed exercise in deifying its subject matter with superlatives and hyperbole from the mouths of talking heads, which ultimately results in the cheapening of the artist. Read full review
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