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Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
12A (IRELAND)
2017
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Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards
Positive Reviews
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Negative reviews
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Average Rating
2.9
/5
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1.9
How unfortunate that this picture spends most its time, to paraphrase Beaton, cooing like a bloody dove at its own subject.
Rogerebert
1.9
Im not suggesting that something was happening behind the scenes to push a narrative to sell the shoes.
Mark Reviews Movies
3.0
Review Our Score by Trevor Johnston Manolo Blahnik, the designer whose haute couture footwear made him a household name among followers of fashion, ta ..
Radio Times
3.0
Manolo Blahnik, the worlds most famous shoe designer, sits at his desk, a little fussy and a little grouchy, next to a taxidermied alligator, sighs ab ..
The Wrap
2.5
Before celebrity shoe designer Christian Louboutin with his ubiquitous red soled, high priced high heels, there was Manolo Blahnik, who, in the opinio ..
Film Journal
4.0
But the best thing about this bijou, perfectly proportioned fashion doc (a sub genre in its own right these days) is that, for all its zippy graphics ..
The Guardian
2.5
Ultimately, Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes For Lizards is better at capturing the tones of the times visited rather than proving the significance of i ..
Flim Threet
4.5
You may not be able to afford the shoes, but Michael Roberts documentary Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards may bring you almost as much delig ..
Time
1.3
Michael Robertss documentary is an unabashed exercise in deifying its subject matter with superlatives and hyperbole from the mouths of talking heads, ..
Slant Magazine
2.5
These moments would play well at an honorary gala but make for a less than compelling film portrait.
Washington Post
2.5
The most potent, and poignant, tribute in the sweet back scratch of a documentary Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards is that Anna Wintour lets ..
The New York Times
2.5
An affectionate and sometimes vibrantly imaginative biographical sketch, Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards could have used more shoes and few ..
Hollywood Reporter
3.5
The filmmaking is raw and feels improvised, but as the notes to this retrospective emphasise Cassavetes worked to weave together the disparate element ..
The Age
2.0
Manolos colourful creativity is inspiring, but this film is very repetitive This portrait of the fashion shoe icon comes across like a feature length ..
Lw Lies
2.0
Better yet, make a documentary about a shoemaker.Dubbed the Emperor of Shoes, highest priced cobbler Manolo Blahnik is the subject of this lighthearte ..
Sandiego Reader
3.2
This portrait of a dedicated master craftsman works best when it allows small moments to shine through.
Fresh Fiction
4.5
The movie is extraordinary for its access to Blahnik, who is arch and funny and sweet beyond words.
New Republic
3.8
If you say the name Manolo Blahnik to most women between the ages of 20 and death, youll likely get a nod of recognition and possibly a sigh of revere ..
Sf Chronicle
1.5
Manolo: the Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards is a deliberately coy title for a film.
Washington City Paper
2.5
Its all surface and superficial.Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards offers a tiny peek into a fluffy closet, but it could have managed a tiny b ..
Kdhx
3.5
Anyone who loves the history of fashion the doc presents archival video from swinging London to gritty 1980s Paris, and everyplace in between will enj ..
At Home In Hollywood
3.5
The visual panache is fitting for a man whose dazzling creations would be out of place in a staid documentary.
Newport This Week
3.0
But these qualities are all what captured the fashion worlds attention.
Gay City News
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