Review of Saint Laurent (2014) by Christian S — 16 Jun 2016

I hate subtitles, can't multitask. But I love him, so it was worth it.

This review of Saint Laurent (2014) was written by Christian S on 16 Jun 2016.

Saint Laurent has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Sacramento News & Review (1,702) on 03 Jun 2015

The film is unique in that it's not a story about an artist's ascent toward triumph, but about his descent from triumph toward irrelevance…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 20 May 2015

Dreamy and impressionistic, full of debauchery, drugs, disco, and dazzling couture, Saint Laurent is a biopic that picks its moments, leaving…

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By Moira Macdonald (1,892) for Seattle Times (3,524) on 10 Jun 2015

It captures the tense flavor of a particularly heady time in Saint Laurent's life, during which he struggled with addiction and illness and…

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By Ben Sachs (546) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 27 May 2015

Saint Laurent comes across as a prisoner of his own genius, at once compelling and pathetic…

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By Nathalie Atkinson (93) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 21 May 2015

Watching Bertrand Bonello's new film is less Saint Laurent than The Saint Laurent Experience: It's the biopic as fever dream…

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By Erick Estrada (196) for Cinegarage (196) on 26 May 2016

With a smart script by Thomas Bidegain, Bonello breaks apart a story that told in any other way would've been more of the same…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 24 Jun 2015

To call the film “unwatchable” is to unfairly insult Josée Deshaies; his lush cinematography delights the eye when the camera roams around…

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By Hugo Hernández Valdivia (119) for Cinexcepción (119) on 31 May 2016

A film composed of different vignettes starring the eponymous character while breaking the conventional biopic narrative. [Full review in Spanish]…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 20 May 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…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 13 May 2015

Saint Laurent’s designs and working life take a backseat to scenes of him stuffing his face with pills, accidentally poisoning his dog and…

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