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Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.

2009 · 1h 30m · PG-13 Documentary
Directed by R. J. Cutler

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Overview

A documentary chronicling Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour's preparations for the 2007 fall-fashion issue.

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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes

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83%
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Fresh

Grace, the movie implies, is the genius behind what Vogue really sells, which is romantic aspirational fantasies for women.

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Fresh

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.

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh

A mesmerizing study of the tension between commerce and creativity.

Tom Long, Detroit News
Fresh

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.

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh

An insider's view of high fashion's ultimate tastemakers proves it's not just for aficionados.

Justin Lowe, Hollywood Reporter

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