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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttEven a klutz could hardly make a bad movie about these compelling figures. Thankfully though, Guido Santi and Tina Mascara are superb filmmakers, fully alive in their terrific film Chris & Don: A Love Story to all the undercurrents of art, social class, sexual orientation, challenging relationships and, most especially, the touching love story at the heart of their film.
- 90Village VoiceVillage VoiceWith his elegant cadence, crisp comedic timing, and witty flipping of homophobic stereotypes--in his very choice and use of language--Bachardy is that story come to life: the student who eventually mirrored his teacher, the molded who became a duplicate of the mold.
- 90The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe elegantly structured documentary weaves extensive footage of Mr. Bachardy rummaging through their house and reminiscing with readings from Isherwood's diaries by Michael York, old interviews with Isherwood, home movies of their travels and glamorous social life, and commentary by friends, including Leslie Caron and the British filmmaker John Boorman.
- 90New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinChris & Don is the rarest of documentaries: a realistic portrait of the human spirit.
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumTheir love story was inevitably complicated. And so is the documentary Chris & Don: A Love Story -- not simply a love letter to love -- by Guido Santi and Tina Mascara.
- 80L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonTo describe the novelist's final days, Bachardy opens a drawer and begins pulling out the magnificent deathbed drawings he did of Isherwood -- a fusion of art and love that's deeply moving.
- 80VarietyRobert KoehlerVarietyRobert KoehlerMade with gentle grace and sensitivity.
- 80NewsweekDavid AnsenNewsweekDavid AnsenIntimate, moving and playful.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversYou wind up caring deeply about the affair that began in the 1950s between American teenager Don Bachardy and three-decades-older Christopher Isherwood, the noted British author whose "Berlin Stories" inspired "Cabaret."
- 75New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithAn affecting and beautifully realized documentary.