Saint Laurent
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 8, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
17
Negative:
4
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Boston GlobePeter KeoughMay 21, 2015
Bonello takes on the point of view of Saint Laurent himself, exposing a visionary world seen from within that is as strange and wonderful as that of a magnificently stitched garment turned inside out. Read full review
91
Entertainment WeeklyJoe McGovernMay 7, 2015
Actor Ulliel, who’s been the face of both Chanel and Hannibal Lecter (in 2007’s Hannibal Rising), knows how to slither. His version of Yves is spoiled, insecure, cruel—and, in the movie’s ironic final shot, tickled to death that we still seem to care about him. Read full review
85
Film.comJordan HoffmanMay 20, 2014
Bonello's decision to show rather than tell keeps the audience on its toes. Read full review
80
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 7, 2015
The film is a compulsively detailed swirl of moods and impressions, intent on capturing the contradictions of the man and his times. Observations of Saint Laurent at work and in love give way to panoramic, intricate surveys of the world of commerce and culture in which he suffered and flourished. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaMay 21, 2015
Dreamy and impressionistic, full of debauchery, drugs, disco, and dazzling couture, Saint Laurent is a biopic that picks its moments, leaving backstory behind. Read full review
75
Washington PostAnn HornadayMay 14, 2015
A film that manages to avoid the dreary, Wikipediaesque literalism that plagues so many biopics while obliquely evoking the man and his era with textures, atmosphere, mood and tone. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyMay 6, 2015
Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello’s anti-biopic on the fashion icon, is overlong and opaque, even boring in spots, but it contains long passages of real poetry. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMay 8, 2015
Ultimately hollow as director Bertrand Bonello keeps his subject somewhat emotionally at bay, the movie is also at times quite addictive — much like Opium, the controversial name of Saint Laurent’s famous scent. As a diversion, it isn’t exactly good for you but it does provide entertainment. Read full review
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