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Eleven Minutes
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56 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 12 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 12
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 12
  3. Negative: 0 out of 12
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  1. Variety
    Reviewed by: Ronnie Scheib
    80
    A skillfully crafted, highly entertaining documentary.
  2. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    70
    Charming and unexpectedly perceptive portrait cum procedural proves the DIY-authentic corrective to Unzipped, a warts-and-all chronicle of McCarroll's yearlong preparation for his inaugural show at New York Fashion Week.
  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    70
    Lively and suspenseful.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Scott Tobias
    67
    What's most striking about Eleven Minutes is the sheer amount of effort that goes into a show of that magnitude, quite apart from work involved in designing and executing a coherent, commercially viable line.
  5. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    63
    It didn't grab me. Not at first. A documentary that tracks the winner of a reality show -- in this case Bravo's Project Runway -- after his victory. Huh? But Eleven Minutes busts a few fresh moves.
  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    60
    If you watched "Project Runway's" first season and wondered what happened to winner Jay McCarroll, here's your chance to find out.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    50
    Though this is the rare documentary that admirably admits recording "reality" on film actually shapes how people behave under the camera's gaze, I think Eleven Minutes is going to appeal mostly to hard-core fashionistas.
  8. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    50
    If you're a fashion insider, you may find the entire film fascinating. If you're not, you may find it way too long.
  9. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    50
    While it's intriguing to learn about all the players involved in creating a fashion line, there's too much minutiae to keep the attention of those who are not obsessed with design trends.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    50
    Might be described as a low-rent answer to Douglas Keeve's documentary about Isaac Mizrahi, "Unzipped," a movie that also revealed the fundamental silliness of fashion, though it had some glamour attached.
  11. Wall Street Journal
    Reviewed by: Joe Morgenstern
    50
    Doesn't measure up to the depth of detail, let alone the drama, of "Unzipped," the 1995 documentary about Isaac Mizrahi. Still, this new documentary conveys an ample sense of the process.
  12. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Albert Williams
    50
    Aspiring fashion designer Jay McCarroll, who triumphed in season one of the Bravo reality show Project Runway, tries to "make that leap from reality-TV designer to real-life designer" in this irreverent documentary.
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