Fresh
Despite an age difference of 30 years, their connection was immediately electric; their first kiss, the story goes, broke a window.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Chris & Don: A Love Story
No one believed they could last so long
2008 · 1h 30m · Not Rated
Documentary
Directed by
Tina Mascara
,
Guido Santi
Overview
Chris & Don chronicles the lifelong relationship between author Christopher Isherwood and his much younger lover, artist Don Bachardy, and it combines present-day interviews, archival footage shot by the couple from the 1950s, excerpts from Isherwood's diaries, and playful animations to recount their romance.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
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94%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Surprisingly, this 2007 documentary about their 34-year relationship becomes more engrossing as its focus shifts from Isherwood to Bachardy...
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
There's a bit of Pygmalion meets The Portrait of Dorian Gray to it, and yet part of the documentary's slyness involves probing those aspects while never losing sight of the pain and glories of any emotional relationship that lasts as long as
Sid Smith, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
With delectable-looking home movies of the couple's travels in California and Europe, Chris and Don offers an intimate portrayal of a passionate, enduring association, as well as a social history of postwar life.
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
Fresh
Santi and Mascara are right to call their film A Love Story, because this is the portrait of a marriage as full and enviable as the greatest unions in literature.
David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle
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