Vidal Sassoon: The Movie
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63 out of 100

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  • Summary: Vidal Sassoon is more than just a hairdresser-he's a rock star, an artist, a craftsman who "changed the world with a pair of scissors." With the geometric, Bauhaus-inspired hairdos he pioneered in the 1960s and his "wash and wear" philosophy that liberated generations of women from the tyranny of the salon, Sassoon revolutionized the art of hairstyling and left an indelible mark on popular culture. This documentary traces with visual gusto the life of a self-made man whose passion and perseverance took him from a Jewish orphanage in London to the absolute pinnacle of his craft. (Phase 4 Films) … Expand

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Nathan Rabin
    Mar 17, 2011
    83
    The film tells such a compelling, expansive story that its unwillingness to plumb its subject's psychological depths feels forgivable, though regrettable.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Eve Barlow
    May 16, 2011
    80
    Hardly hard-hitting but a thoughtful and spirited look at a man at the top of his game and a moment in time that refused to fade.
  3. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Joe Neumaier
    Feb 11, 2011
    60
    This rather elegant movie, like a bold new 'do, is both not what you'd expect and exactly what you feared.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Feb 11, 2011
    38
    This "Alfie" meets "Boogie Nights" bio fizzles because, although Sassoon never stops talking, he never says anything.

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