Evoking the era through period detail and occasional footage, director Bertrand Bonello has created a cautionary tale about the price of fame and celebrity.
– Bruce Demara,
Toronto Star,
21 May 2015
fresh:
The biopic captures a psychology and aesthetic in an exhilarating, sensual, cerebral fashion.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
21 May 2015
fresh:
Dreamy and impressionistic, full of debauchery, drugs, disco, and dazzling couture, Saint Laurent is a biopic that picks its moments, leaving backstory behind.
– Steven Rea,
Philadelphia Inquirer,
21 May 2015
fresh:
Bonello takes on the point of view of Saint Laurent himself, exposing a visionary world seen from within that is as strange and wonderful as that of a magnificently stitched garment turned inside out.
– Peter Keough,
Boston Globe,
21 May 2015
rotten:
Watching Bertrand Bonello's new film is less Saint Laurent than The Saint Laurent Experience: It's the biopic as fever dream.