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Valentino: The Last Emperor
Directed by
Matt Tyrnauer
PG-13
2008
1h 36m
Documentary
7.1
78%
78%
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A look at the life of legendary fashion designer Valentino.
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Cast of Valentino: The Last Emperor
Giorgio Armani
Self
Valentino Garavani
Self
Giancarlo Giammetti
Self
Doutzen Kroes
Self
Nati Abascal
Self
Jeannie Becker
Self
Marisa Berenson
Self
Matthew Broderick
Self
Michael Caine
Self
Joan Collins
Self
Jacqueline de Ribes
Self
Alessandra Facchinetti
Self
Dante Ferretti
Self
Tom Ford
Self
Anne Hathaway
Self
Elizabeth Hurley
Self
Karl Lagerfeld
Self
Elle Macpherson
Self
Donatella Versace
Self
Diane von Fürstenberg
Self
Alek Wek
Self
Anna Wintour
Self
Gwyneth Paltrow
Self
Valentino: The Last Emperor Ratings & Reviews
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
True to the Valentino prerogative, it's beautiful -- sad, too: a dream life moving into the unknown.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
This up-close portrait delivers all the runway glamor and backstage gossip that fashionistas crave, yet it's also unexpectedly poignant.
Dallas Morning News
Tom Maurstad
Above all, Valentino is a celebration of beauty and love, and the ways in which one begets the other.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Kara Nesvig
As Valentino's team of seamstresses pore over a sequined white dress, entirely hand-sewn, and finally premiere it to the designer in its flawless, couture glory, it's all you can do not to gasp with pleasure.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
[A] frothily entertaining documentary.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
It's a celebration worthy of the Sun King and a fitting way for both the designer and this unexpectedly involving documentary to literally and metaphorically bring it all back home.
Christian Science Monitor
Peter Rainer
This love letter to Valentino from director Matt Tyrnauer seems intended for the already smitten.
San Francisco Chronicle
Sylvia Rubin
A thoroughly entertaining look at the preparations for Valentino's last haute couture show and how, indeed, he represents the last of an era of highly trained couturiers who are being swallowed up by mergers and acquisitions.
AV Club
Noel Murray
From Valentino Garavani's imperious carriage and diva fits to his coterie of tiny dogs, the subject of Tyrnauer's doc comes off like a fictional character, scripted by a writer with a weakness for clich.
Newsday
Joseph M. Amodio
This documentary, chronicling two years leading up to his spectacular 45th anniversary gala in 2007 by the Colosseum in Rome, is as much about the brand and harsh realities of the fashion biz as the man himself.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The film feels as glitzy and superficial as the fashion industry itself, a bauble in full regalia, and it's likely your interest in the documentary will depend largely on your prior interest in the subject matter.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
Together these two competing threads wrap one around the other to show us images and people we seldom get the opportunity to see, their competing agendas taking on an emotional subtext that's extremely fascinating.
The Hollywood Reporter
Natasha Senjanovic
The director only skims over the historical material. In taking for granted that this background is familiar to all, the film drives home the fact that high fashion is made by the few for the few.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
Seldom has a film explored such exotica as Valentino's world -- the gowns, the galas, the villas, the private jets, the redundant pugs...with such a sense of momentous drama behind the glitz.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Valentino: The Last Emperor is a documentary with privileged access to the legendary designer in his studio, workshop, backstage, his homes, even aboard his yacht and private jet.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
Valentino: The Last Emperor makes no attempt at being a definitive portrait of Valentino. It is content to be a breezy look at the designer's twilight years.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
The filmmaker's access was impressive, the results moderately entertaining.
Chicago Reader
Andrea Gronvall
Part celebrity dish, part business journalism...illuminating 2008 documentary.
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Matt Tyrnauer's sharp-eyed documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor follows the luxury-loving pooh-bah and his indispensable, since-forever lover and business partner, Giancarlo Giammetti, through a season of magical dresses and minor diva snits.
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Lively and affectionate, Matt Tyrnauer's documentary is made for those who believe, as he does, that the work of fashion designer Valentino is worthy of the most respectful chronicle.
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