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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 11 Jun 2009

If Valentino doesn't reveal much about the man, it argues convincingly that the elaborate gowns, like the vintage one Julia Roberts wore to…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 10 Jun 2009

[Director] Tyrnauer and the movie seem blinded by Valentino's stardom and start to lose their way. As a result, the documentary is unfocused…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 09 Jun 2009

In a time where fashion is reduced to tawdry reality shows, Valentino: The Last Emperor reinjects the sophistication and elegance in what some…

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By Eric D. Snider (2,489) for EricDSnider.com (2,026) on 08 Jun 2009

It has little to say about humanity in general, or even Valentino specifically, but it is fun and glitzy…

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By Graham Killeen (120) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 04 Jun 2009

Garavani's remembrances, and those of lifelong friend and manager Giancarlo Giammetti, evoke the smoky opulence of mid-20th-century class…

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By Ken Hanke (2,234) for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (2,247) on 19 May 2009

What we're left with is a touching love story, an outsized spectacle and a glorious bit of color in an often all too drab world…

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By Sara Michelle Fetters (1,688) for MovieFreak.com (1,674) on 17 May 2009

Together these two competing threads wrap one around the other to show us images and people we seldom get the opportunity to see, their competing…

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By Frank Swietek (3,473) for One Guy's Opinion (3,473) on 13 May 2009

Lovely to look at, perhaps, but in the end there's not much to it behind the surface glamour…

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By Tom Maurstad (118) for Dallas Morning News (1,592) on 07 May 2009

Above all, Valentino is a celebration of beauty and love, and the ways in which one begets the other…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 07 May 2009

You wouldn't necessarily want to be Valentino, but this sprightly film may make you nostalgic for a life you've never lived…

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 15 Apr 2009

The decadence is obvious. But true to the Valentino prerogative, it's beautiful - sad, too: a dream life moving into the unknown…

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By Joseph M. Amodio (4) for Newsday (2,345) on 15 Apr 2009

This documentary, chronicling two years leading up to his spectacular 45th anniversary gala in 2007 by the Colosseum in Rome, is as much about…

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By Beverly Berning (44) for culturevulture.net (793) on 10 Apr 2009

In this time of economic distress, watching the twilight of Valentino's enormous success, and the extravagant lifestyle it funded, doesn't…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 05 Apr 2009

This love letter to Valentino from director Matt Tyrnauer seems intended for the already smitten…

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By Sylvia Rubin (2) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 02 Apr 2009

At its heart, the film is about the intense connection between Valentino and his business partner of 50 years, Giancarlo Giammetti, the brains…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 01 Apr 2009

It's a celebration worthy of the Sun King and a fitting way for both the designer and this unexpectedly involving documentary to literally…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 01 Apr 2009

Seldom has a film explored such exotica as Valentino's world -- the gowns, the galas, the villas, the private jets -- with such a sense of…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 26 Mar 2009

The filmmaker's access was impressive, the results moderately entertaining…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 25 Mar 2009

Film music by Nino Rota provides a Fellini overlay…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 19 Mar 2009

Those previously unfamiliar with the work of Valentino will find it to be sporadically interesting…

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