In the end, Marconi's point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating, if still fascinating, 87 minutes of cinema.
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03/14/08
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
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Reviews Counted: 34
Fresh: 14
Rotten:20
Average Rating: 4.7/10
Consensus: More vanity project than documentary; reveals little of its evasive subject.
Theatrical Release:Oct 26, 2007 Limited
Synopsis: Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld lies at the heart of this style-centric documentary from director Rodolphe Marconi (LOVE FORBIDDEN).
Director: Rodolphe Marconi
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Reviews for Lagerfeld Confidential
Top CriticA serviceable docu-tease.
01/04/08
Top Critic[An] elegant documentary.
12/14/07
Top CriticUnfortunately, those without extensive previous knowledge of Lagerfeld's legendary career will find little here to enlighten them, a sad waste considering the relative lack of serious cinematic explorations into the fashion world.
12/03/07
Top CriticLagerfeld Confidential, while an undisciplined piece of filmmaking, offers a rare glimpse into the soul of the fashion world, with Lagerfeld, as he admits, surviving through his philosophical fixation on The New: life as the proverbial next season.
11/07/07
Top CriticFascinating portrait of a decadent aristocrat with a flair for the beautiful.
10/27/07
Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.
10/26/07
Top CriticI learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know.
10/26/07
Top CriticEngaging, frequently amusing and occasionally moving documentary about one of fashion's most fascinating figures.
10/26/07
You learn only as much as Lagerfeld wants you to, which isn't very much at all.
10/26/07
Lagerfeld embodies the high fashion life – his every move would provide enough material to fill The Devil Wears Prada ten times over, but our view is dulled by Marconi's bland questioning.
10/26/07
Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.
10/26/07
Talkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.
10/26/07
We don't learn a lot from Rodolphe Marconi's up-close but annoyingly impersonal documentary, which devotes pointless minutes to KL dozing on planes, and snootily considers his importance a given.
10/26/07
Know not to take tips from a man who has a ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.
10/26/07
Top CriticLagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.
10/26/07
If you’re one of those devils who wears Prada, seek it out. If your jeans don’t come with designer labels, you’re advised to look elsewhere.
10/26/07
Top CriticAnyone hoping for a deeper insight into the fashion designer than his weakness for the construction industry should probably look somewhere other than the insubstantial documentary Lagerfeld Confidential.
10/26/07
Will have fashion mavens squawking for weeks.
10/26/07
Lagerfeld keeps the shades down and the collar up in this glossy but inexpressive biography.
10/26/07
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