
"Bert Stern: Original Mad Man" is the definitive voyage into the life and work of one of America's most influential photographers. Photographing the world's most alluring women in fashion and Hollywood for the past 50 years -- Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn among them -- minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right.... (Full plot summary below)
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"Bert Stern: Original Mad Man" is the definitive voyage into the life and work of one of America's most influential photographers. Photographing the world's most alluring women in fashion and Hollywood for the past 50 years -- Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor and Audrey Hepburn among them -- minted Stern as a celebrity in his own right.
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| Minneapolis Star TribuneColin CovertNow in his 80s, Stern recalls his rise, fall and reinvention without evasion or apology. |
| Boston HeraldJames VerniereReal life Mad Man would make Don Draper jealous. |
| Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckDespite its admittedly intriguing parts, the film ultimately feels too diffuse and self-indulgent to represent a truly incisive portrait of its subject. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt (St. Paul)"Mad Man" presents a tantalizing overview of Stern's work as a photographer, confidently placing him among the greats in his field. But Stern as a person? Not so great. |
| St. Paul Pioneer PressChris Hewitt"Mad Man" presents a tantalizing overview of Stern's work as a photographer, confidently placing him among the greats in his field. But Stern as a person? Not so great. |
| SF WeeklyJonathan KieferThe latest in a long parade of limp couture-chronicle documentaries. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfFeels as though it's all Laumeister could squeeze out of artist before he tired of her company. Although erratic, the picture maintains a basic understanding of Stern's peculiarities and urges. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThough the photographs are memorable, the photographer is not. |
| Time OutDavid FearThe film does offer some revealing anecdotes about his infamous Monroe sessions, but mostly, it simply slouches from one sensationalistic, salacious bit to the next, sans any historical context. Worse, filmmaker Shannah Laumeister continually rhapsodizes on-camera about her own “soul mate” relationship with the subject—leaving viewers feeling mad as hell. |
| VarietyRonnie ScheibWhile Bert Stern: Original Madman mines its subject's work for a steady stream of striking visuals, his self-narration proves to be of little interest, offering little variation on a single theme: his love/lust for women. |