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18 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichAs engrossing as it is maddening, Pierre Thoretton's documentary on the sale of Yves Saint Laurent's extensive art collection is perched somewhere between a sanded-edged official portrait and a keen examination of affluence run amok.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleL'amour Fou engages and moves viewers in two distinct ways. It engages us by showing us something we don't know about that's interesting. It moves us by showing us something we immediately understand, that has nothing to do with being a big shot and everything to do with being just another person at the mercy of time.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenTo realize that you may have the world while still feeling as if you have nothing is to experience a closer encounter with the void than most of us are likely to have.
- 70Los Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyLos Angeles TimesBetsy SharkeyThe documentary is fascinating as a museum piece with Berge serving as docent.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAn oddly discursive documentary that is, ultimately, more about Pierre Bergé, his companion and business partner of 50 years.
- 60Boxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiBoxoffice MagazineBarbara GoslawskiAkin to a stroll through a gallery, L'amour Fou is meditative and magically eye-opening.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyShy on the celebrity-gawking (and celebrity input) that marks many fashion documentaries, and neither gossipy nor an objective appreciation of his impact and legacy, picture is a successful portrait on its own terms, save one: It's unlikely to excite much theatrical interest.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt plays like an extended auction catalog with commentary. Thematically recalling Olivier Assayas's "Summer Hours"-another film dealing with objects in a French art collection as receptacles for memory and personal biography-it sorely lacks that drama's tension between insular nostalgia and the wider, rapidly evolving outside world.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoNot a definitive portrait of the designer, nor does it pretend to be. But it should be of interest to viewers even if there's not a single YSL label in their wardrobes.