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- 2024
- MUBI
- 1 h 56 m
- 2024
- MUBI
- 1 h 56 m
Summary High & Low: John Galliano examines the career of fashion designer John Galliano, and the context, including decades of industry pressure and drug and alcohol addiction, that surrounded his downfall in 2011.
Directed By: Kevin Macdonald
In Theaters Now
- 2024
- MUBI
- 1 h 56 m
- 2024
- MUBI
- 1 h 56 m
High & Low: John Galliano
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Summary High & Low: John Galliano examines the career of fashion designer John Galliano, and the context, including decades of industry pressure and drug and alcohol addiction, that surrounded his downfall in 2011.
Directed By: Kevin Macdonald
Where to Watch
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Metascore
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Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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29% Mixed
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14% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
58
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
29% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
14% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Even those with no particular interest in fashion will be gripped by this story and dazzled by Galliano’s undeniably artistry. It’s impossible not to be. The film is also a profound reminder of just how complicated we all are.
Given the vested interest that the business has in the industry and its highly lucrative maverick son, it’s surprising and refreshing that High & Low is as nuanced and thought-provoking as it is.
Where this documentary gets it right is in refusing to act as PR for the man – it allows him to to give his side of events, but also his victims’ and the others deeply wounded by his actions. It films his frailty and flaws as well as his genius. Does he deserve to be absolved? Like Galliano’s explanation, there’s no clear answer.
Even when it tries to swing for the fences as some commentary on what motivates hate speech, it may not always work, but Macdonald does the best with what he’s been given, and that’s enough to warrant a look, at least.
High & Low: John Galliano feels like half a movie––plenty of questions, no answers. It’s the beginning of an intriguing conversation and not much else.
The happy ending redemption narrative is not entirely earned.
The film shamelessly announces from the very start that it’s an attempt at atonement for disgraced designer John Galliano.
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Production Company
KGB Films,
Conde Nast Entertainment
Release Date Mar 8, 2024
Duration 1 h 56 m
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Awards
British Independent Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
FEST International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
