The problem with Rodolphe Marconi naming his documentary Lagerfeld Confidential is that he's promising more than he can deliver.
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10/25/07
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
Lagerfeld could be the fashion world's Nosferatu: gimlet eyes hidden behind shades as they appraise each new collection; monstrous in his egotism; and, despite his protestations otherwise, painfully lonely after selling his soul to haute couture.
10/26/07
A serviceable docu-tease.
01/04/08
Top CriticLagerfeld keeps the shades down and the collar up in this glossy but inexpressive biography.
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
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
The designer's droll wit makes this a compelling (if bitchy) documentary.
10/24/07
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.
11/07/07
Top CriticApart from a few too many longueurs of Lagerfeld shooting pretty pictures of pretty models, [the film] is an entertaining bauble.
10/25/07
"I'm a complete improvisation," Lagerfeld declares. And it's quite a performance.
10/23/07
Talkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.
10/26/07
Lagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.
10/26/07
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
Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.
10/26/07
Will have fashion mavens squawking for weeks.
10/26/07
[An] elegant documentary.
12/14/07
I learned a lot about Lagerfeld but nothing I felt an urgent need to know.
10/26/07
Top CriticComes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.
10/26/07
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
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
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