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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe film is an architecture lover's dream.
- 75Slant MagazineBill WeberSlant MagazineBill WeberLionizing a world-class architect without tipping into hagiography, this documentary performs a graceful cinematic dance around his works.
- 60EmpireDavid ParkinsonEmpireDavid ParkinsonVeers too close to hagiography, although it's visually arresting enough to carry you through sagging in the narrative.
- 50Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyA treatment of Foster so reverential it verges on camp.
- 50The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Goldberger's words are among the more substantive in a film that at times seems ready to levitate from the screen on puffy clouds of praise.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceBy the time this fawning documentary gets to Foster's CG-animated rendering for a $15 billion planned city in Abu Dhabi (a movie within the movie), you realize it's essentially an infomercial for the company he unsuccessfully tried to sell before the 2008 crash.
- 50NPRMark JenkinsNPRMark JenkinsThere's plenty of material for a lively, profound documentary about Norman Foster. But How Much Does Your Building Weigh, Mr. Foster? is, by design, lightweight.
- 40Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichA better movie would have explored Foster's way-of-the-future objectives with more beyond-the-hype insight and less Zen-master bullshit.