Engaging, frequently amusing and occasionally moving documentary about one of fashion's most fascinating figures.
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10/26/07
Lagerfeld Confidential (2007)
41 %
Reviews Counted: 34 Fresh: 14 Rotten:20 Average Rating: 4.7/10
Consensus:
More vanity project than documentary; reveals little of its evasive subject.
Rated: 12A
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Theatrical Release: 26-10-2007
Synopsis: Fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld lies at the heart of this style-centric documentary from director Rodolphe Marconi (LOVE FORBIDDEN). [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Rodolphe Marconi
Reviews
You learn only as much as Lagerfeld wants you to, which isn't very much at all.
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
Even by the unexacting standards of fashionista portraiture, this is a feeble effort.
10/26/07
Talkative and witty as he is, Chanel bigwig Karl Lagerfeld is a stubbornly private man.
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
Top Critic
Know not to take tips from a man who has a ponytail and wears fingerless black gloves.
10/26/07
Top Critic
Lagerfeld's mannerisms and stage-props are a kind of armour which make intimacy impossible.
10/26/07
Top Critic
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
Top Critic
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
Top Critic
Lagerfeld keeps the shades down and the collar up in this glossy but inexpressive biography.
10/26/07
Top Critic
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
Top Critic
An engaging portrait of a man who claims to eschew self-analysis and nostalgia, even as these are clearly his stock in trade.
10/24/07
Marconi colludes like an awestruck fan, letting the witty eccentric hold court with childhood anecdotes and quotable gems. Not that we’re complaining – after all, who needs reality when the illusion’s sweeter than Chanel?
10/24/07
Top Critic
The 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
The designer's droll wit makes this a compelling (if bitchy) documentary.
10/24/07
Top Critic
In the end, Marconi's point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating, if still fascinating, 87 minutes of cinema.
03/14/08
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