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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceAtlas allows Bowery's genius to retain, in the words of one admirer, "a big bundle of contradictions," not unlike his shocking designs themselves.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittYou may find the film as outrageous as it is outlandish, and Bowery would have taken that as a compliment.
- 75Boston GlobeWesley MorrisBoston GlobeWesley MorrisIt takes almost an hour for The Legend of Leigh Bowery to make a case for Bowery's sort of genius, and in the last third, the movie gives a real sense of what made him him.
- 70The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayIn fact, the best an artist like Bowery can hope for is that he'll provide fodder for a documentary this solid.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe film's most weirdly beautiful moments are its excerpts from Bowery's collaborations with the Michael Clark Dance Company.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyAn engrossingly detailed if perhaps inevitably enigmatic portrait of the elusive, outrageous provocateur.
- 63New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThis absorbing documentary, which has already been shown on cable, is getting a theatrical run to capitalize on the Broadway musical "Taboo."
- 50New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSome consider Leigh Bowery a visionary performance artist. Others will see a selfindulgent narcissist. You may want to decide for yourself.
- 38PremierePeter DebrugePremierePeter DebrugeAt best, this movie functions as a brief companion piece to Boy George's new Broadway show, “Taboo.”