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By Brian Orndorf (4,059) for Blu-ray.com (2,093) on 09 Jul 2014

There are numerous questions left unanswered at the end of Yves Saint Laurent, which seems afraid to tackle its subject head-on, mixing vague…

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By Maghan Mcdowell (1) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 08 Jul 2014

Ultimately, the story of Yves Saint Laurent makes a compelling argument for fashion as art, and begs to answer the question if there is such…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 02 Jul 2014

If the film is a triumph of style over substance, that's not necessarily something Yves would have disapproved of…

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By Stephan Lee (11) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 26 Jun 2014

Scenes between YSL and rock-steady lover Pierre Bergé (Guillaume Gallienne) spark, but the film stays too reverent to truly turn heads…

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By Paul Byrnes (441) for Sydney Morning Herald (1,256) on 26 Jun 2014

We have a film that gives us a hint of what made him a genius, and too much about what brought him low. The other way round, it might have been great…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 25 Jun 2014

Yves Saint Laurent, the movie, isn’t nearly so innovative or forward thinking…

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By Jim Schembri (1,298) for 3AW (1,025) on 25 Jun 2014

The one thing that comes through this pedestrian, by-the-numbers French biopic of the iconic fashion designer is that the guy was a bit of a bore…

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By Anna Tatarska (35) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 25 Jun 2014

If Laurent's designs were like Lespert's film, the audience would never be watching a movie about his life today…

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By Leigh Paatsch (1,103) for Herald Sun (Australia) (1,081) on 25 Jun 2014

Fashionistas will feel particularly aggrieved by the unattractive outcome achieved here…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Artforum (101) on 25 Jun 2014

Like off-the-rack clothing, this study of a remarkable talent and relationship follows standard patterns…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 25 Jun 2014

Yves Saint Laurent is the kind of heavy-handed, substance-light, spectacle-driven period film where the set decorator and the costume designer…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 25 Jun 2014

Saint Laurent was known for an almost monk-like focus on his work…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for AV Club (2,778) on 25 Jun 2014

Yet another biopic that feels as though it were made by an accountant, Jalil Lespert’s Yves Saint Laurent epitomizes the mediocrity of a…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 25 Jun 2014

Had he seen his own bio backstage, you can't help but feel he would have fussed with it a bit more before sending it out so unadorned…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 24 Jun 2014

Ultimately, this biopic seems far more interested in Saint Laurent's emotional passions, and the love story between him and Bergé serves as…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Village Voice (8,525) on 23 Jun 2014

Jalil Lespert's Yves Saint Laurent tries to sweep the evanescent butterfly Yves into its net: The movie isn't enough, but it's something…

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By Gary Goldstein (1,089) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 23 Jun 2014

A stylish, serviceable recounting of Saint Laurent's life from the late 1950s through the '70s…

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By Alonso Duralde (1,351) for TheWrap (3,203) on 23 Jun 2014

What makes this film go astray are the problems that plague so many screen biographies: too much narration, too much telling and not enough…

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By Nicolas Rapold (488) for New York Times (5,786) on 23 Jun 2014

Mr…

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By Joe Walsh (56) for CineVue (2,163) on 22 Jun 2014

With Yves Saint Laurent, Lespert has played it safe but stylish, and pulls it off thanks to some canny casting choices and a refreshing focus…

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