63
Metascore
10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceLeslie CamhiVillage VoiceLeslie CamhiThis is a tender and engaging portrait of a marvelously elusive personality, whose style remains timeless.
- 80SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekVisual tone poem.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThere are family photos, interviews with colleagues, newsreels of early shows, a chat with his mother and vintage interviews with an unbelievably young and sexy YSL.
- 70VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonCompanion piece to Teboul's "Yves Saint Laurent -- Time Regained" nicely complements that excellent film but is less riveting as a free-standing experience.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasEngrossing and illuminating.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottExcept for the access the director, David Teboul, had to Mr. Saint Laurent's inner circle, "Times" wouldn't be out of place on A&E.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckWill best be appreciated by those already familiar with the fashion world in general and Saint Laurent in particular.
- 60TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxWhile the film captures all the beauty of these extraordinary pieces, the details of Saint Laurent's legendarily turbulent personal life are glossed over with frustrating tact.
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSo unfocused we never get to know the man behind the gowns.
- 30Washington PostWashington PostMay be too much Yves Saint Laurent even for those connoisseurs who can differentiate the YSL line from Dior's or Chanel's.