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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- These confident women care less about what comes off the runways – ‘money has nothing to do with style,’ says one – than with what can be assembled from thrift-shop finds, homemade items and imagination.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThis eager-to-please documentary is short on story, but long on charm. That’s because the seven profile subjects embrace their age and celebrate their style as creative self-expression.
- 70Village VoiceSherilyn ConnellyVillage VoiceSherilyn ConnellyUltimately, Advanced Style presents these women not as objects of curiosity, but as what they truly are: role models.
- 70The New York TimesAnita GatesThe New York TimesAnita GatesAdvanced Style is undeniably captivating, even uplifting at times. But Mr. Cohen and Lina Plioplyte, the director, present a disconcerting mixed message.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhile the film feels slightly padded and might have been sharper in a tight, hourlong format, it's impossible not to be seduced by the joie de vivre of its subjects.
- 60CineVueDaniel GreenCineVueDaniel GreenShort but sweet, Advanced Style goes some way towards reclaiming high fashion for all ages and backgrounds - not just the young, privileged and white.
- 60The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt doesn't reflect too deeply on age and aging, doesn't dwell on the sadder and complicated side of things, and perhaps gravitates towards self-conscious eccentricity, but it's affectionate and watchable enough.
- 60The DissolveAndrew LapinThe DissolveAndrew LapinA thin but pleasant documentary.
- 58The A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichThe A.V. ClubDavid EhrlichAlthough Advanced Style is little more than a string of small profiles that broadly cohere into anti-ageist propaganda, it’s nevertheless a cogent reminder that people are so often defined by the things they need that it’s easy to dismiss the things that they don’t.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsChicago Sun-TimesBill Stamets[A] slightly diverting documentary.