For the first time Karl Lagerfeld has agreed to let someone create an artwork on his every day life and to trust in the director. Until today there is no authorised biography existing and the memories who Karl Lagerfeld would compose stay perfectly confidential. After three years of work, and over three hundred hours of footage, Rodolphe Marconi discloses the daily life of the star through his personal lens as a filmmaker.
Comes off as something that might have been made by Lagerfeld's own army of publicists in Paris.
– V.A. Musetto,
New York Post,
26 Oct 2007
fresh:
Lagerfeld Confidential, while an undisciplined piece of filmmaking, offers a rare glimpse into the soul of the fashion world, with Lagerfeld, as he admits, surviving through his philosophical fixation on The New: life as the proverbial next season.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov 2007
rotten:
Unfortunately, those without extensive previous knowledge of Lagerfeld's legendary career will find little here to enlighten them, a sad waste considering the relative lack of serious cinematic explorations into the fashion world.
– Frank Scheck,
Hollywood Reporter,
3 Dec 2007
fresh:
A serviceable docu-tease.
– Wesley Morris,
Boston Globe,
4 Jan 2008
fresh:
In the end, Marconi's point of view makes for an ultimately frustrating, if still fascinating, 87 minutes of cinema.