White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch

Name: White Hot: The Rise & Fall of Abercrombie & Fitch
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 19, 2022
Duration: 88 min
Rating: 48
Cast: Benjamin O'Keefe, Patrick Carone

2022

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): April 19, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Benjamin O'Keefe, Patrick Carone

Summary: Abercrombie & Fitch conquered malls in the late ‘90s and early ‘00s with gorgeous models, pulsing dance beats and a fierce scent. But while the brand was running white hot, its popular “all-American” image began burning out as controversy came to light surrounding its exclusionary marketing and discriminatory hiring.

Director: Alison Klayman

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 88 min

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Nikki Baughan

Apr 15, 2022

It is a fascinating, horrifying story and Klayman eschews any tricks or gimmicks — bar some lively collage animation — to allow this explosive narrative to evolve through the eye-opening experiences of those who lived it. Read full review

Lex Briscuso

Apr 20, 2022

The movie is a worthy examination of the culture surrounding Abercrombie and why it became so toxic—and how we followed suit—but it could’ve been a slightly more rounded-out story had it focused on all elements of the company’s biases. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nick Allen

Apr 19, 2022

While this documentary from Alison Klayman can be insightful in taking us inside a phenomenon, its approach can be too broad, with filmmaking that relies on its own weaning sense of trendy. Read full review

The Playlist Christian Gallichio

Apr 18, 2022

When the film drifts into the larger discourse of Abercrombie’s fall, it favors simplistic answers — namely the democratization of social media — over a more critical interrogation of why Abercrombie fell, and how they are still trying to claw their way back to relevancy. Read full review

Lovia Gyarkye

Apr 21, 2022

The doc circles its subject with a mix of fascination, reverence and minor disgust. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Apr 14, 2022

Cathartic and outrageous as it can be to hear the juicy — but wildly unsurprising — details of how Abercrombie operated behind the scenes, Klayman’s film doesn’t ground them in any greater sociopolitical context. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Apr 20, 2022

While the movie provides encouraging evidence of how much societal sensibilities have changed, it is fundamentally dressing up well-worn material. Read full review

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Acrofilo

Apr 23, 2022

Just a series of interviews that uncover mostly nothing about the company led by closeted-homosexual Mike Jeffreys.

A very limited documentary that holds nothing when compared to other recent corporation failure documentaries such as The Inventor (about Theranos) and WeWork: The Making andJust a series of interviews that uncover mostly nothing about the company led by closeted-homosexual Mike Jeffreys.

A very limited documentary that holds nothing when compared to other recent corporation failure documentaries such as The Inventor (about Theranos) and WeWork: The Making and Breaking of a 47 Billion Unicorn.

These, in turn, are also far surpassed by their dramatized counterparts The Dropout and WeCrashed.

Basically, don't waste your precious time looking for insights or entertainment in White Hot.… Expand

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MrJPrime

Apr 20, 2022

More woke crap no one will watch. Cancel Netflix. More woke crap no one will watch. Cancel Netflix.

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