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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe real strength of Bozek's film is how much of Cunningham's own voice it gives us.
- 80VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanThe Times of Bill Cunningham is only 74 minutes long, yet it’s a snapshot of a life that leaves you grateful for having encountered it.
- 80All lives are made of shadow and light, and The Times of Bill Cunningham acknowledges that. But through it all, spending time in Cunningham’s presence is bliss.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAs the “Nostradamus of fashion” (from Bozek’s written narration performed by “Sex and the City” star Parker), he had a higher calling. “He helped people ‘see’ in a new way.” Indeed he did. And The Times of Bill Cunningham helps us see him in a new way.
- 75RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe minute Bill Cunningham starts talking in this charming documentary is the minute you fall in love with him.
- 70Film ThreatLorry KiktaFilm ThreatLorry KiktaIf you want to discover (or get to know more about) a unique man who is as wildly talented as much as he tries to say otherwise, please watch The Times Of Bill Cunningham.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleCunningham’s beguiling openness, coupled with as many estate-sanctioned photographs from his collection as Bozek can squeeze into the brisk running time, easily overcome a general roughness of assembly.
- 50Slant MagazineKeith WatsonSlant MagazineKeith WatsonThe film undermines Cunningham’s egalitarianism by linking him directly with the kind of elite snobbery and wealth fixation he abhorred.
- 50The New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimThe New York TimesKristen Yoonsoo KimThis talking-head footage is a promising start that ultimately leads to a less than illuminating documentary.
- 40TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanThe Times of Bill Cunningham is more frustrating than Cunningham’s memoir and the earlier movie about him because it feels like he might want to talk somewhat more directly about his life experience, but the old-time prison of the closet is allowed to win out in the end, and what we’re left with here is choppy and insubstantial.