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  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Summary Manolo is the in-depth portrait of legendary fashion designer Manolo Blahnik and how his extraordinary dedication to his craft led him to become the world’s most famous luxury shoemaker, revered by celebrities, stylists, and industry icons for generations. Growing up on a remote Spanish Canary island, Manolo made shoes out of sweet wrapp...

Directed By: Michael Roberts

Written By: Michael Roberts

  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 29 m
  • 2017
  • Not Rated
  • Music Box Films
  • 1 h 29 m

Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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Summary Manolo is the in-depth portrait of legendary fashion designer Manolo Blahnik and how his extraordinary dedication to his craft led him to become the world’s most famous luxury shoemaker, revered by celebrities, stylists, and industry icons for generations. Growing up on a remote Spanish Canary island, Manolo made shoes out of sweet wrapp...

Directed By: Michael Roberts

Written By: Michael Roberts

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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44% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 9 Critic Reviews
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33% Positive
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44% Mixed
4 Reviews
22% Negative
2 Reviews

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75
Sep 21, 2017
The designer’s own recollections paint the most vivid pictures throughout the film, as do his sketches and the extraordinary parade of shoes that go by like models pivoting on the runway.
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70
Sep 14, 2017
At times it is a bit unfocused, following a loosely chronological but otherwise haphazard structure. Yet it’s still a treat to spend time in the company of a true artist, never before illuminated with such clarity.
By Katie Walsh FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 14, 2017
An affectionate and sometimes vibrantly imaginative biographical sketch, Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards could have used more shoes and fewer people.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 14, 2017
Manolo might be a hard sell to moviegoers who aren’t already interested, but for fashion enthusiasts, it’s an enjoyable confection.
By Abbey Bender FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 14, 2017
In a scene puzzlingly late in the film, Mr. Blahnik, who apparently still makes samples by hand, walks through his factory and finesses a sensuous heel out of a stump of wood. More of that would have made this confection about a radiant man into something sturdier.
By Jon Caramanica FULL REVIEW
38
Sep 15, 2017
Perhaps die-hard fashionistas would find this reasonably diverting, but to everyone else, it is guaranteed to grow tiresome very quickly.
By Matt Fagerholm FULL REVIEW
25
Sep 11, 2017
Michael Roberts's documentary is an unabashed exercise in deifying its subject matter with superlatives and hyperbole from the mouths of talking heads, which ultimately results in the cheapening of the artist.
By Diego Semerene FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Nevision Studios One
Release Date Sep 15, 2017
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Step into the shoes of Manolo Blahnik.
Website http://manolo-tokage.com/
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