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Neither totally impartial nor a puff piece, Varon Bonicos's documentary on fashion icon Ozwald Boateng nonetheless evinces a minimal amount of interest in digging into what makes its subject tick.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
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Slant Magazine by Diego Semerene
A Man's Story does a major disservice to an artiste of fashion with a pretty amazing and prolific oeuvre by reducing him to a Bravo-like personality - a personality whose pettiness Boateng's work, though perhaps not his ego, clearly exceeds.
50
The result often plays more like a satire of the fashion industry than a serious look at one of the humans inside it.
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New York Post by Farran Smith Nehme
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.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by John DeFore
Diehard fashionistas will likely want to see it, but few others will take notice.
75
The Playlist by Kevin Jagernauth
A fascinating look at the juggling act of a man who is succeeding in public, but still trying to find the answers in private.
50
Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
As a flashy, country-hopping ridealong with a style icon, it will appeal to fashionistas, but you won't learn much about the high-end world of clothing design beyond its ability to stretch someone's schedule to the breaking point, and land that someone a gig outfitting Jamie Foxx and Will Smith.
50
Trouble is, even a finely tailored suit needs a body to fill it, and A Man's Story never gets its man.
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Sadly, rather than provide insight into Boateng’s creative process, director Varon Bonicos is dazzled by the globetrotting, celeb-schmoozing lifestyle.