Saint Laurent

Name: Saint Laurent
Genre: Biography, Drama, Romance
Released: May 8, 2015
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Amira Casar, Aymeline Valade, Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Léa Seydoux

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Saint Laurent (US)

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: May 8, 2015

Starring: Amira Casar, Aymeline Valade, Gaspard Ulliel, Jérémie Renier, Léa Seydoux, Louis Garrel

Summary: 1967-1976. As one of history's greatest fashion designers entered a decade of freedom, neither came out of it in one piece.

Director: Bertrand Bonello

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Romance

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 150 min

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Boston Globe - Peter Keough

May 21, 2015

Bonello takes on the point of view of Saint Laurent himself, exposing a visionary world seen from within that is as strange and wonderful as that of a magnificently stitched garment turned inside out. Read full review

The New York Times - A.O. Scott

May 7, 2015

The film is a compulsively detailed swirl of moods and impressions, intent on capturing the contradictions of the man and his times. Observations of Saint Laurent at work and in love give way to panoramic, intricate surveys of the world of commerce and culture in which he suffered and flourished. Read full review

The A.V. Club - Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

May 6, 2015

Saint Laurent, Bertrand Bonello’s anti-biopic on the fashion icon, is overlong and opaque, even boring in spots, but it contains long passages of real poetry. Read full review

The Dissolve - Mike D'Angelo

May 5, 2015

Superficiality reigns here. Arguably, that should dominate a movie about a fashion designer. But fashion shows run 10-20 minutes, not two and a half hours. Read full review

Miami Herald - Rene Rodriguez

May 28, 2015

A flamboyant but hollow exercise in glitz and pizzazz. Read full review

The Playlist - Nikola Grozdanovic

May 25, 2014

Perhaps through time this hallucinatory quasi-dream of a biopic will grow in stature, but as first impressions go, the film loves itself so much it renders itself beautiful, but utterly shallow. Read full review

Charlotte Observer - Lawrence Toppman

Jul 9, 2015

To call the film “unwatchable” is to unfairly insult Josée Deshaies; his lush cinematography delights the eye when the camera roams around Saint Laurent’s workrooms. But “incomprehensible,” “interminable” and “immaterial” all apply. Read full review

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leechew

May 11, 2015

yes, it's a long movie...(so was "the wolf of wall street"---get over it!)...yes, it's not plot driven...it's a visual, sensual feast and excessive because it's yves saint laurent, for the love of god...go see it and let it sweep over you

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Giulius

May 24, 2015

Disturbing, fascinating and uncompromising view of a deeply troubled creative genius, who seduced the fashion world as he was slowly but inexorably destroyed by drugs, sex and booze. A near-anthropological examination, shot with exquisite attention to time and place, and benefiting from aDisturbing, fascinating and uncompromising view of a deeply troubled creative genius, who seduced the fashion world as he was slowly but inexorably destroyed by drugs, sex and booze. A near-anthropological examination, shot with exquisite attention to time and place, and benefiting from a large, talented cast and obviously generous budget, "Saint Laurent" is a true feast for the eyes and mind. Warning: includes graphic depictions of sex and drug use.… Expand

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katezoe

Nov 21, 2015

Honest, sexy, and beautifully shot behind the scenes film of the galmorous world of high fashion at its most sordid and titillating. The drugs use and promiscuity perfectly depicted. Acting was great. The film could have been shorter.

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sebastianglz

Nov 11, 2015

There's a big problem with handling the movie's lenght. There are innecesary scenes on it, but strong points also. The performances from Ulliel & Garrel are the highlight of the movie, so it is the Production Design and Costume Design.

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hotfromcauldron

May 10, 2015

In 1967, the message to women, beauty is happiness. Mousse, music, detail, perfection, muses, loves, and fixations blend in fashion and fiction in the film Saint Laurent. Spoiled boy, animal , designer, brand, visionary, addict, and madman is Saint Laurent. But as Laurent loses his way toIn 1967, the message to women, beauty is happiness. Mousse, music, detail, perfection, muses, loves, and fixations blend in fashion and fiction in the film Saint Laurent. Spoiled boy, animal , designer, brand, visionary, addict, and madman is Saint Laurent. But as Laurent loses his way to sex, drugs and fame - so does the film. However, the comeback, where past and present, inspiration and artistic creation, converge under Benello’s direction with Deshaies cinematography and Romand’s costumes capture an hallucinatory essense of YSL. In the end, beauty is not happiness.… Expand

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LowbrowCinema

May 9, 2015

Excluding two extraordinary scenes featuring Aymeline Valade and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, SAINT LAURENT is all surface and no insight. After 150 minutes of rich drug abuse, I just got bored. The film lacks any central conceit so you're lost and mired in a lot of "stuff." Sadly, the directorExcluding two extraordinary scenes featuring Aymeline Valade and Valeria Bruni Tedeschi, SAINT LAURENT is all surface and no insight. After 150 minutes of rich drug abuse, I just got bored. The film lacks any central conceit so you're lost and mired in a lot of "stuff." Sadly, the director has no cohesive vision about the man who was SAINT LAURENT.… Expand

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