Know not to take tips from a man who has a ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.
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10/26/07
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
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
Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.
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
A drippy documentary.
10/24/07
You learn only as much as Lagerfeld wants you to, which isn't very much at all.
10/26/07
Lagerfeld Confidential lives up to its title by keeping its central topic top secret.
10/16/07
Lagerfeld Confidential’s portrait of the artistic director allows its subject to dictate the terms of his portrait. In an era of ever-present spin, it’s a popular -- though less than satisfying -- approach.
10/24/07
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.
12/03/07
I learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know.
10/26/07
Top CriticTalkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.
10/26/07
The fragments from much of the day-in-the-life footage feel frustratingly devoid of a guiding context.
10/24/07
Marconi's indifference to detail extends to any consideration of what, exactly, Lagerfeld does for a living, not to mention the history of his rise in the fashion world.
10/23/07
The problem with Rodolphe Marconi naming his documentary Lagerfeld Confidential is that he's promising more than he can deliver.
10/25/07
Lagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.
10/26/07
Those seeking career advice about how to become an emperor of fashion will find little if any useful information in Lagerfeld Confidential.
10/24/07
Top CriticThe truth remains that Lagerfeld's expertly cultured air of mystique is one of his unique selling points and he's unlikely to give up any family secrets to anyone with the clunking interview technique of Marconi.
10/24/07
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
Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.
10/26/07
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.
10/26/07
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