R. J. Cutler's documentary appears to gloss over many pertinent details and the filmmaker has been accused of being too easy on Wintour, but The September Issue is incisive, detailed and somewhat cruel.
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The September Issue (2009)
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Reviews Counted:98
Fresh:82
Rotten:16
Average Rating:7/10
Consensus: This doc about the making of Vogue's biggest issue and its frosty editor-in-chief is fascinating eye candy and light-on-its-feet fun.
Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Theatrical Release:Aug 28, 2009 Limited
Box Office: $3,670,036
Synopsis: Anna Wintour, the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine for twenty years, is the most powerful and polarizing figure in fashion. Hidden behind her trademark bob and sunglasses, she has never... [More]
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Reviews for The September Issue
Grace, the movie implies, is the genius behind what Vogue really sells, which is romantic aspirational fantasies for women.
10/23/09
Top Criticsporadically successful, but mostly feels stranded at the surface, possibly because its insider-ism gets the best of the filmmakers by keeping them so trapped inside the Vogue universe that we never hear any outside voices
10/10/09
For some, fashion might not seem like exciting material, but director R.J. Cutler is able to create some genuine suspense and tension, as the days and hours count down to the "close" of the issue.
10/08/09
While it's fun for fashionholics just to watch a movie in which people say "It's a famine of beauty!" and "The jacket is the new coat," the film becomes more substantial as it narrows its focus to two people: an artist and a curator.
10/01/09
A mesmerizing study of the tension between commerce and creativity.
09/25/09
Top CriticThey say that when you gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes back at you. Looking into the sunglasses of Vogue editor Anna Wintour must be kind of like that. Except that you never think to yourself, "I wonder if the abyss thinks I look fat in these jeans?"
09/25/09
In its way, The September Issue is about expert craftsmen toiling away at a factory, albeit an unimaginably glamorous one.
09/25/09
Cutler takes an often riveting nuts-and-bolts look at what goes into creating the Vogue September issue, and it's a shame that he isn't more focused on the procedural.
09/23/09
Coddington, at least, gives us an appreciation of the talent seeing to it that the grandest fashion magazine of them all still sells the dream of glamour with style.
09/23/09
Grace Coddington, Vogue's Creative Director, is the secret weapon the movie needs. One sits through all the Anna Wintour stuff just to get back to her.
09/19/09
An insider's view of high fashion's ultimate tastemakers proves it's not just for aficionados.
09/18/09
Top Critic[Cutler] worms his way into subcultures without judgment or probing, preferring to let group dynamics speak for themselves.
09/18/09
Top CriticFar more insightful than the fawningly impressed The Devil Wears Prada or the weakly satirical Prêt-à-Porter.
09/18/09
Wintour's face, sometimes sans her trademark shades, is often the focus of Cutler's lens. But she reveals little of what's in her heart ... and neither does the movie.
09/17/09
The documentary film The September Issue is enchanting, bewildering, and informing... a terrific merging of fashion and cinema.
09/17/09
Is Anna really any tougher than a man doing this job? I think not!
09/15/09
You're thinking this is the ultimate chick flick? You would be wrong.
09/15/09
It’s kind of irresistible.
09/15/09
Top CriticRJ Cutler had plenty of access, but it’s pretty clear that from start to finish it was Anna Wintour who was in control of this movie.
09/15/09
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