- Studio: Trinity
- Release Date: Nov 2, 2012
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- Summary:
- Director: Varon Bonicos
- Genre(s): Documentary
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 2 out of 9
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Mixed: 6 out of 9
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Negative: 1 out of 9
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88Showing 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.
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75A fascinating look at the juggling act of a man who is succeeding in public, but still trying to find the answers in private.
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50As 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.
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25A 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.