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Lagerfeld Confidential

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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. More vanity project than documentary; reveals little of its evasive subject. more
 
Rated: Not Rated
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). [More]
Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld lies at the heart of this style-centric documentary from director Rodolphe Marconi (LOVE FORBIDDEN). [Less]

Genre: Education/General Interest

Director: Rodolphe Marconi

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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 03:20 PM
Sylvia Rubin
San Francisco Chronicle
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A serviceable docu-tease.

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01/04/08 01:27 PM
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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[An] elegant documentary.

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12/14/07 06:08 PM
Los Angeles Times
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Unfortunately, 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.

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12/03/07 11:53 AM
Frank Scheck
Hollywood Reporter
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Lagerfeld 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.

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11/07/07 04:09 PM
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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Fascinating portrait of a decadent aristocrat with a flair for the beautiful.

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10/27/07 11:47 AM
Louis Proyect
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Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.

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10/26/07 12:49 PM
V.A. Musetto
New York Post
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I learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know.

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10/26/07 12:19 PM
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News
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Engaging, frequently amusing and occasionally moving documentary about one of fashion's most fascinating figures.

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10/26/07 09:20 AM
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon
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You learn only as much as Lagerfeld wants you to, which isn't very much at all.

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10/26/07 09:11 AM
Derek Malcolm
This is London
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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.

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10/26/07 09:01 AM
Carrie Gorringe
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Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.

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10/26/07 08:50 AM
Anthony Quinn
Independent
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Talkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.

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10/26/07 08:26 AM
Karl French
Financial Times
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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.

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10/26/07 08:01 AM
Tim Robey
Daily Telegraph
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Know not to take tips from a man who has a ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.

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10/26/07 07:10 AM
Sun Online
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Lagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.

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10/26/07 06:49 AM
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian [UK]
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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.

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10/26/07 05:06 AM
Daily Mirror [UK]
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Anyone 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.

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10/26/07 04:55 AM
Wendy Ide
Times [UK]
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Will have fashion mavens squawking for weeks.

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10/26/07 04:19 AM
Holly Shackleton
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Lagerfeld keeps the shades down and the collar up in this glossy but inexpressive biography.

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10/26/07 03:44 AM
Julia Raeside
Channel 4 Film
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