Yves Saint Laurent

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Yves Saint Laurent

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Released Jun 25, 2014

1h 45m

Biography

History

Drama

LGBTQ+

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Following his dismissal from the House of Dior, Yves Saint Laurent (Pierre Niney) -- with his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé (Guillaume Gallienne) -- builds a formidable fashion empire.

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Critics Consensus

While it boasts its share of fine performances, Yves Saint Laurent is also disappointingly bland and formulaic -- especially given its subject's dazzling reputation.

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Kate Muir

The Times (UK)

Directed by Jalil Lespert, the film has a peculiar voiceover from Berg, and eventually peters out in a mess of petty jealousies, drugs and illness.

Jan 2, 2018

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Stephan Lee

Entertainment Weekly

Scenes between YSL and rock-steady lover Pierre Berg (Guillaume Gallienne) spark, but the film stays too reverent to truly turn heads.

Rated: B

Dec 3, 2014

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

This glitzy biopic of the renowned French fashion designer doesn't offer much insight into its subject or milieu.

Aug 29, 2014

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Alexander Cavaluzzo

Hyperallergic

Yves Saint Laurent, while magnificent in cinematography and dutiful in story, probably could have pushed itself further to create a more dynamic telling of the wunderkind's life and work.

Feb 1, 2020

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Alistair Ryder

Gay Essential

Yves Saint Laurent may have suffered from being one of two separate biopics about the fashion icon, and the more narratively straightforward of the pair. Luckily, the strengths of the performances help make for an entertaining, engaging drama.

Oct 10, 2019

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Bernard Boo

Way Too Indie

A formulaic "fallen genius" film that represents its influential subject and the fashion industry respectfully, but it would have been a better film had it just dug a little deeper.

Rated: 6.5/10

Mar 28, 2019

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johann m

🇫🇷 This 2014 biographical film is based on the life of French designer Yves Saint-Laurent from the early beginning of his career in 1958 when he met his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé and together they built a formidable fashion empire despite their terribly complex life together. The outstanding performances are the highlight of the movie, but sadly the plot suffers from an awkward structure and an ending that will make the viewer wonder what it was all about. What's the point of telling this particular story? It is just showing a really bad side of the late designer, presenting him as a terrible person. There is nothing innovative about it, it doesn't go deep into the drama, but it manages to be entertaining nonetheless given the visually appealing scenes and the expectation that something great will happen.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

Une incursion somme toute courte dans l'intimité du designer mais néanmoins une belle perspective de son caractère.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Occasionally sweet, but mostly tasteless.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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Audience Member

Includes a balanced mix of the icon's fashion history, debauchery and sexual tension.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/06/23

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I was really looking foward to watching this film (rented through Amazon's Lovefilm Scheme) The two principal actors give great performances. The film looks gorgeous in terms of location and the clothes etc... The only drawback, practically non-existant English subtitles. A great shame because I enjoyed the film, despite its 101 minute duration. Only recommended if your french speaking abilities, aren't too rusty. I did struggle with this. 3.5 stars, would've been a clean 4 with better subtitles.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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It kind of assumed that you knew general biographical information about Yves Saint Larent and glossed over some details that might have helped the movie be stronger. For what it was, it was good, but it could have been better.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Synopsis

Following his dismissal from the House of Dior, Yves Saint Laurent (Pierre Niney) -- with his lover and business partner, Pierre Bergé (Guillaume Gallienne) -- builds a formidable fashion empire.

Director: Jalil Lespert
Producer: Wassim Béji, Yannick Bolloré
Screenwriter: Marie-Pierre Huster, Jacques Fieschi, Jalil Lespert, Laurence Benaïm
Distributor: Weinstein Co.
Production Co: Cinéfrance 1888, WY Prods., Umedia, SND, Hérodiade
Rating: R (Sexual Content|Drug Use)
Genre: Biography, History, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 25, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 25, 2015
Runtime: 1h 45m

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