Critic Reviews

• John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter

  Doc captures the superficial appeal of designer's work but offers nothing deeper.

• Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post

  Showing the personal toll that produces a star in any field could be a soggy, predictable drag, but the documentary "A Man's Story" never slides into easy sentiment or bromides.

• Nicolas Rapold, New York Times

  Vonicos ... misses an opportunity to make a feature-length documentary that takes the full measure of his subject's work.

• Ernest Hardy, Village Voice

  The result often plays more like a satire of the fashion industry than a serious look at one of the humans inside it.

• Andrew Schenker, Time Out New York

  Bonicos's documentary on fashion icon Ozwald Boateng nonetheless evinces a minimal amount of interest in digging into what makes its subject tick.

• Anna Smith, Time Out

  Fashion fans may find 'A Man's Story' interesting, but even they may be disappointed by the lack of insight into the man and his process.

• David Noh, Film Journal International

  Ozwald Boateng may be the only designer who is more compellingly attractive than any of his models, and this less-than-deep documentary fully captures his undeniable charisma.

• Sam Adams, AV Club

  A Man's Story never gets its man.

• Diego Costa, Slant Magazine

  The doc does a major disservice to an artiste of fashion with a pretty amazing and prolific oeuvre by reducing him to a Bravo-like personality.

• Philip French, Observer [UK]

  We learn surprisingly little about his work, his development and what shapes his collections.

• Allan Hunter, Daily Express

  It may not cut as deeply as you might have hoped but fashionistas will be fascinated.

• Peter Bradshaw, Guardian [UK]

  It's Zoolander without the laughs; a corporate video in the guise of a documentary, unfailingly delighted to let Boateng hold forth on the glory of Boateng.

• Andy Tweddle, Little White Lies

  Anchored by the vibrant Boateng, A Man's Story takes you on an enjoyable, if not tumultuous, ride.

• Siobhan Synnot, Scotsman

  There's much to enjoy here, even if the documentary fails to unclothe the kind of striking fashionista insights that made The September Issue so compelling.

• Eve Barlow, Empire Magazine

  Tiresome puff piece about Ozwald Boateng that you'd actually need to be Ozwald Boateng to enjoy.

• Simon Kinnear, Total Film

  Sadly, rather than provide insight into Boateng's creative process, director Varon Bonicos is dazzled by the globetrotting, celeb-schmoozing lifestyle.

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