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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83The A.V. ClubTomris LafflyThe A.V. ClubTomris LafflyGuadagnino’s documentary is very much like walking through an immersive and interactive museum designed to make one feel nostalgic for a bygone era of art and craft. It’s magical stuff.
- 80Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterLuca Guadagnino’s lush documentary may be traditional in its use of talking head interviews and evocative archive footage, but it works a treat when the subject is this fascinating.
- 80TheWrapDave WhiteTheWrapDave WhiteFerragamo’s story is a complex intersection, touching on early-20th-century immigration, youthful ambition, the dawn of Hollywood, passionate artistic hunger, tenacity, foot fascination and wild innovation.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThankfully, there’s more than enough fascinating material — as well as choice archival footage and photographs — to build a robust narrative.
- 70Los Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarLos Angeles TimesCarlos AguilarEven if he couldn’t summon the experience of walking in Ferragamo’s shoes and getting to know him deeply, Guadagnino makes one appreciate the shoemaker’s indelible footprints from afar.
- 63The Associated PressJocelyn NoveckThe Associated PressJocelyn NoveckGuadagnino gives us a lesson in the history of Hollywood itself, not to mention the birth of the “movie star” and the role fashion has played in that. (It’s great fun.)
- 50Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneThe focus on Ferragamo’s craft, and the very structure of manufacture, is exciting, but the narrative’s tendency to embody the opposite of his innovativeness feels lazy and contradictory.
- 40The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanIf Guadagnino sought to reflect the romance of Ferragamo’s red carpet creations, his storytelling is at once more conventional and more awkward in construction. Forget feet; defter hands might have helped.