Beyond the love fest of talking heads is a compelling life story that courses through the Depression, World War II and swinging London, all evoked in well-curated archival footage.
Its upbeat tone, perky visual rhythm and sleek graphics capture the "swinging '60s" aesthetic epitomized by Mr. Sassoon's major invention: the geometric "five-point" haircut.
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Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
Christian Science MonitorPeter Rainer
He was the Beatles of the hair business.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
This rather elegant movie, like a bold new 'do, is both not what you'd expect and exactly what you feared.
Teper buries his material in gimcrack mod trappings that trivialize rather than celebrate Sassoon's accomplishments.
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Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
Village VoiceMelissa Anderson
More accurately titled "Vidal Sassoon: The Slavering Advertorial," Craig Teper's obsequious documentary on the stylist who popularized geometric haircuts in the '60s is in desperate need of shaping and trimming itself.
Audience appeal will be limited to people who see nothing silly about saying the man who invented the five-point haircut was one of the primary architects of the '60s.