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  • 2011
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

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...

Directed By: Craig Teper

Written By: Heather Campbell Gordon, Craig Teper

  • 2011
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2011
  • PG
  • Freestyle Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Vidal Sassoon: The Movie

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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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...

Directed By: Craig Teper

Written By: Heather Campbell Gordon, Craig Teper

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
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29% Mixed
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7% Negative
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83
Mar 17, 2011
The film tells such a compelling, expansive story that its unwillingness to plumb its subject's psychological depths feels forgivable, though regrettable.
By Nathan Rabin FULL REVIEW
80
Feb 17, 2011
Beyond the love fest of talking heads is a compelling life story that courses through the Depression, World War II and swinging London, all evoked in well-curated archival footage.
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70
Feb 10, 2011
Its upbeat tone, perky visual rhythm and sleek graphics capture the "swinging '60s" aesthetic epitomized by Mr. Sassoon's major invention: the geometric "five-point" haircut.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
67
Feb 19, 2011
He was the Beatles of the hair business.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
60
Feb 11, 2011
This rather elegant movie, like a bold new 'do, is both not what you'd expect and exactly what you feared.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
50
Feb 8, 2011
More accurately titled "Vidal Sassoon: The Slavering Advertorial," Craig Teper's obsequious documentary on the stylist who popularized geometric haircuts in the '60s is in desperate need of shaping and trimming itself.
By Melissa Anderson FULL REVIEW
38
Feb 11, 2011
This "Alfie" meets "Boogie Nights" bio fizzles because, although Sassoon never stops talking, he never says anything.
By Kyle Smith FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Vidal Sassoon The Movie
Release Date Feb 11, 2011
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating PG
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Tagline How one man changed the world with a pair of scissors.
Website http://vidalsassoonthemovie.com/
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