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Chris and Don paints an affecting, enlightening portrait of a one-of-a-kind love affair.
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Despite an age difference of 30 years, their connection was immediately electric; their first kiss, the story goes, broke a window. Aug 1, 2008 | Rating: 3/4
Despite an age difference of 30 years, their connection was immediately electric; their first kiss, the story goes, broke a window.
Moira MacDonald
Surprisingly, this 2007 documentary about their 34-year relationship becomes more engrossing as its focus shifts from Isherwood to Bachardy... Aug 1, 2008 | Full Review…
Surprisingly, this 2007 documentary about their 34-year relationship becomes more engrossing as its focus shifts from Isherwood to Bachardy...
J. R. Jones
There's a bit of Pygmalion meets The Portrait of Dorian Gray to it, and yet part of the documentary's slyness involves probing those aspects while never losing sight of the pain and glories of any emotional relationship that lasts as long as Jul 31, 2008 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
There's a bit of Pygmalion meets The Portrait of Dorian Gray to it, and yet part of the documentary's slyness involves probing those aspects while never losing sight of the pain and glories of any emotional relationship that lasts as long as
Sid Smith
With delectable-looking home movies of the couple's travels in California and Europe, Chris and Don offers an intimate portrayal of a passionate, enduring association, as well as a social history of postwar life. Jul 24, 2008
With delectable-looking home movies of the couple's travels in California and Europe, Chris and Don offers an intimate portrayal of a passionate, enduring association, as well as a social history of postwar life.
Ann Hornaday
Santi and Mascara are right to call their film A Love Story, because this is the portrait of a marriage as full and enviable as the greatest unions in literature. Jul 18, 2008 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
Santi and Mascara are right to call their film A Love Story, because this is the portrait of a marriage as full and enviable as the greatest unions in literature.
David Wiegand
The subtitle of the film is 'A Love Story.' The picture makes the worn term fresh, moving. Jun 29, 2008 | Full Review…
The subtitle of the film is 'A Love Story.' The picture makes the worn term fresh, moving.
Stanley Kauffmann
A wonderfully crafted documentary about a most unusual long-term relationship Mar 8, 2009 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
A wonderfully crafted documentary about a most unusual long-term relationship
Don Willmott
A great, revealing documentary; one of the best films released in 2008 Feb 27, 2009 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
A great, revealing documentary; one of the best films released in 2008
Fr. Chris Carpenter
The documentary, made after Isherwood's death and with Bachardy's enthusiastic participation, is as much a love story as a chronicle of Bachardy's maturation into a man and an artist. Oct 10, 2008 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
The documentary, made after Isherwood's death and with Bachardy's enthusiastic participation, is as much a love story as a chronicle of Bachardy's maturation into a man and an artist.
Kimberley Jones
Long before anyone was talking about gay marriage, that's what Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy had Sep 19, 2008 | Rating: 9/10 | Full Review…
Long before anyone was talking about gay marriage, that's what Christopher Isherwood and Don Bachardy had
Sarah Boslaugh
Isherwood was the far more interesting subject, but Chris & Don is all about Bachardy -- an observation that feels like opportunism more than love story. Aug 1, 2008 | Rating: C | Full Review…
Isherwood was the far more interesting subject, but Chris & Don is all about Bachardy -- an observation that feels like opportunism more than love story.
Paula Nechak
It's a sentimental and loving picture, playing out as a leisurely cocktail-hour stroll through an enchanting life. Jul 31, 2008 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
It's a sentimental and loving picture, playing out as a leisurely cocktail-hour stroll through an enchanting life.
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