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Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

2017

Michael Roberts

Documentary, Self: Manolo Blahnik, River Hawkins, Rick Kissack ...

5.4

60

Documentary A portrait of Manolo Blahnik, one of the most influential fashion figures, regarded as the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries.

	Author	Review
United States	Abbey Bender Village Voice	"An affectionate (if not particularly probing) documentary portrait (...) 'Manolo' might be a hard sell to moviegoers who aren’t already interested, but for fashion enthusiasts, it’s an enjoyable confection"	NEU
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"Frustratingly fawning (...) An affectionate and sometimes vibrantly imaginative biographical sketch, 'Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards' could have used more shoes and fewer people."	NEU
United States	Diego Semerene Slant	"[It] prefers to reiterate stereotypes about women and fashion (...) An unabashed exercise in deifying its subject matter with superlatives and hyperbole (…) Rating: ★ (out of 4)"	NEG
United States	Jon Caramanica The New York Times	"Blahnik inspires warmth by dint of his shoes and also his character (...) [The film] doesn’t aspire beyond embrace. It rushes through Mr. Blahnik’s biography"	NEU
United States	Katie Walsh Los Angeles Times	"It’s still a treat to spend time in the company of a true artist, never before illuminated with such clarity."	POS

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