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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 38 m

Summary The man is Ozwald Boateng, one of Britain's most successful and influential fashion designers of the past two decades. Directed by Varon Bonicos, and spanning a twelve-year period, A Man's Story weaves together his rocket-like trajectory through the fashion world with an intimate portrait of a family man struggling to balance life and wo...

Directed By: Varon Bonicos

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 38 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • Virgil Films & Entertainment
  • 1 h 38 m

A Man's Story

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
49
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Summary The man is Ozwald Boateng, one of Britain's most successful and influential fashion designers of the past two decades. Directed by Varon Bonicos, and spanning a twelve-year period, A Man's Story weaves together his rocket-like trajectory through the fashion world with an intimate portrait of a family man struggling to balance life and wo...

Directed By: Varon Bonicos

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
49
20% Positive
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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20% Positive
2 Reviews
70% Mixed
7 Reviews
10% Negative
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88
Nov 1, 2012
Showing the personal toll that produces a star in any field could be a soggy, predictable drag, but the documentary A Man's Story never slides into easy sentiment or bromides.
By Farran Smith Nehme FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 2, 2012
As a flashy, country-hopping ridealong with a style icon, it will appeal to fashionistas, but you won't learn much about the high-end world of clothing design beyond its ability to stretch someone's schedule to the breaking point, and land that someone a gig outfitting Jamie Foxx and Will Smith.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 1, 2012
Diehard fashionistas will likely want to see it, but few others will take notice.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 1, 2012
The result often plays more like a satire of the fashion industry than a serious look at one of the humans inside it.
By Ernest Hardy FULL REVIEW
50
Oct 31, 2012
Trouble is, even a finely tailored suit needs a body to fill it, and A Man's Story never gets its man.
By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW
40
Oct 31, 2012
Neither totally impartial nor a puff piece, Varon Bonicos's documentary on fashion icon Ozwald Boateng nonetheless evinces a minimal amount of interest in digging into what makes its subject tick.
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25
Oct 31, 2012
A Man's Story does a major disservice to an artiste of fashion with a pretty amazing and prolific oeuvre by reducing him to a Bravo-like personality - a personality whose pettiness Boateng's work, though perhaps not his ego, clearly exceeds.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wellington Films, Almega Projects
Release Date Nov 2, 2012
Duration 1 h 38 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline What is it to be a man?
Website http://www.facebook.com/A.Mans.Story
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Awards

Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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