Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

CrawlerChunky In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

constance22 YSL has been and remains one of my truest fashion icons. I loved this very intimate portrayal of his life with Pierre Berge in the beginning years of his career. I felt a lot of sympathy for M. Berge from this film. Less so for my genius icon, YSL. I thought the jazz score was so perfect and I enjoyed the interludes of appropriate- to- the- times rock favorites. It was beautifully photographed and the production values were so finely done. I had seen the other Saint Laurent movie and recall walking out of the theater disgusted, because it concentrated so heavily on YSL's dissolution; this film was far more subtle while still revealing his "other life" apart from his creativity. It amazes me that YSL lived so long while quite debilitated. Very sympathetic film. I liked the infrequent voice-overs of M. Berge. The English subtitles were pretty good; I understand French. Not enough fashion for me in this film, but I own documentaries and books about YSL that provide his incredible and formidable outpouring of designs, sketches and ideas. What a genius, if a tortured one. How hard it must be for M. Berge to be without his Yves. R.I.P. M. Saint Laurent, you will not be forgotten by all of us who admire your work.

Thaneevuth Jankrajang If you knew enough about Mr. Saint Laurent's life and already in love with his dazzling works on your way in, this film would satisfy you. Otherwise, you were left hanging out there, feeling that something's missing. This biopic did a good job in not overdramatizing the less-than-eventful life of this famous designer. We were allowed to observe the substantial life of Mr. Saint Laurent in a quiet but penetrating way. The actor actually brought back to life Mr. Saint Laurent. Through him, we feel the senses of fulfillment, deprivation, craving for stability or wilderness of love, and we acknowledge that Mr. Saint Laurent and his lifetime companion and business associate truly steered the Saint Laurent ship through the uncertainty of life and multi-faceted forms of human weakness. It shows us that artistic talents, while indispensable, must be supported by mental strength and determination, something Mr. Saint Laurent missed at times. Well, lust for money and financial success does help, I figure, but it is never the main element to real success. To me personally, Mr. Saint Laurent's life is not enough to make a great drama. A biopic, yes, but not a drama. If the script writer should decide to explore inner thinking of Mr. Saint Laurent behind a few of his designs, and the struggle and the inspiration he had during the process, we might be getting a drama in our hands. Another lacking element was the pressure of changing decades / era. The film simply moved us from this year to another, without real insertion on what all these time changes meant. They should have brought us new challenges, fears, uncertainty, and the other world around the fashion world. There was none of it. Judging from this film alone, Mr. Saint Laurent simply floated around this world, graced upon it, and simply left. Not enough.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) Yves Saint Laurent is the newest film by actor-director Jalil Lespert and centers (as you might have guessed) on the fashion legend, namely on his earlier years and rise to popularity. You get pretty much what you could expect: YSL's constant changes between suffering personality and creative genius as well as lots of drama in terms of homosexuality, trust and betrayal of friendship, affairs etc.Unfortunately, not only Pierre Niney as YSL could not only convince me (wasn't really his fault though, more of the shoddy writing), but the whole film fell flat. It was all too showy and in your face. Zero subtlety. You hardly learned anything about the character, but it was all focused on putting as much theatricality and sensationalism as possible in these over 100 minutes. And then randomly include a meeting with Kalr Lagerfeld. The only really positive aspect of this one was Guillaume Gallienne as Pierre Bergé, who gave a quality portrayal and it was actually captivating to watch his actions and how he walked the fine line of dealing with the fragile genius. That is not enough though to save the film. Not recommended. You really need to have deep interest into the world of fashion to appreciate this film or maybe then you will hate it even more. Lets hope YSL gets a better biopic in the near future. He certainly deserves it.

cinematic_aficionado The young up and coming executive of a fashion house who became an industry icon himself.In this biopic, we are treated to a rather different angle of the legendary designer. We follow his early steps in the world of fashion and how his vision guided him and his unremittingly uncompromising personality made him a stand out. Like all 'celebrities' it was rather sad to see him fall into the alcohol and drugs trap but it was the love of someone else that kept him steady, possible saving from altogether destruction.Being so open about his homosexuality in such puritanical times was also refreshing to see.Overall, whilst it might not be a masterpiece of a movie, but still it has style, class and panache to make it a memorable experience even a fitting tribute to this great man of fashion.