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The Legend of Leigh Bowery
Metascore
65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
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  1. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Ed Halter
    80
    Atlas allows Bowery's genius to retain, in the words of one admirer, "a big bundle of contradictions," not unlike his shocking designs themselves.
  2. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    You may find the film as outrageous as it is outlandish, and Bowery would have taken that as a compliment.
  3. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Wesley Morris
    75
    It takes almost an hour for The Legend of Leigh Bowery to make a case for Bowery's sort of genius, and in the last third, the movie gives a real sense of what made him him.
  4. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Noel Murray
    70
    In fact, the best an artist like Bowery can hope for is that he'll provide fodder for a documentary this solid.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    The film's most weirdly beautiful moments are its excerpts from Bowery's collaborations with the Michael Clark Dance Company.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: David Rooney
    70
    An engrossingly detailed if perhaps inevitably enigmatic portrait of the elusive, outrageous provocateur.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Lou Lumenick
    63
    This absorbing documentary, which has already been shown on cable, is getting a theatrical run to capitalize on the Broadway musical "Taboo."
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    50
    Some consider Leigh Bowery a visionary performance artist. Others will see a selfindulgent narcissist. You may want to decide for yourself.
  9. Premiere
    Reviewed by: Peter Debruge
    38
    At best, this movie functions as a brief companion piece to Boy George's new Broadway show, “Taboo.”
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