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Eleven Minutes (2009)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:16
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Eleven Minutes makes for a decent fashion world primer, but is likely to appeal mostly to Project Runway diehards.
Theatrical Release:Feb 20, 2009 Limited
Synopsis: It's been two long years since the sharp-witted Jay McCarroll was dubbed "the next great American designer" on season one of reality television's Project Runway, and he's anxious to finally show... [More]
Reviews for Eleven Minutes
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 3/5 |
McCarroll is as cocky and cantankerous as he is compelling, which leads to a glut of histrionic moments, including spectacular scuffles with his publicists and his staff. Full Review |
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Jay McCarroll is surprisingly endearing in a familiar fashion doc. Full Review |
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3/4 |
McCarroll comes off as a likable and talented guy, amazingly calm as the Big Moment arrives and the guy making his models' shoes is nowhere to be found. Full Review |
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3/5 |
...a more real piece of work than one would expect. Full Review |
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2.5/4 |
Even if you've never heard of Project Runway, the battle between art and wicked compromise never goes out of style. Full Review |
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 C |
The dynamics of fashioning low-end fashion are amusing but a little of McCarroll goes a long way. Full Review |
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5.5/10 |
A well-edited and moderately fascinating documentary lacking in truly illuminating and profound insights. Full Review |
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2/4 |
For general audiences, it could use a bit of, ahem, tailoring - taking in here and there. Full Review |
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2/4 |
Though this is the rare documentary that admirably admits recording "reality" on film actually shapes how people behave under the camera's gaze, I think Eleven Minutes is going to appeal mostly to hard-core fashionistas. Full Review |
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3/4 |
Fashion fanatics will appreciate the behind-thescenes perspective as McCarroll plans his first show. Full Review |
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3.5/5 |
The filmmakers cram their slice of the fashion world with no detail overlooked, and in doing so they capture that brisk, intoxicating New York atmosphere of smart, no-nonsense professionalism. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
A decent behind-the-scenes look at the fashion world, a serviceable primer on what it takes to conceive, execute and present a collection and a diverting introduction to an entertaining personality. Full Review |
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2.5/5 |
Reveals the fundamental silliness of fashion. Full Review |
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Like its subject, whose designs were partly inspired by hot-air balloons, this documentary, by Michael Selditch and Rob Tate, sometimes seems buoyant to the point of weightlessness. It can also be fawning, but it's far from hot air. Full Review |
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A- |
A superbly crafted, bargain-budget documentary that profiles a fascinating underdog and skillfully explores the troubled territory between reality TV and reality. Full Review |
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B- |
Eleven Minutes is better when the cameras stay on McCarroll and allow him to voice his extreme ambivalence about being a reality-TV creation, and about the industry and his place within it. As ever, he plays the consummate outsider to perfection. Full Review |
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2/4 |
What is meant to be a no-holds-barred exploration of the creative process often comes across more like the tiresome Confessions of a Reality TV Darling. Full Review |
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7/10 |
The process for putting on a high-profile fashion show seems endlessly fascinating even if it's hard to find reason to care about Jay McCarroll as the film's central subject. Full Review |
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This delirious, delicious, deconstructing look at the recent real-world entry into fashion of reality-TV's first "Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll should round up the usual suspects of gay, style-conscious viewers and many others eager for a good time Full Review |
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2/5 |
Although the movie isn't without merit, it's all Jay, all the time, and that gets a little old. Full Review |
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