Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards

A must see for fashion fans. The imagery and animations are a wonderful touch and paint a fascinating picture of Manolo and his career. Iconic and well-known industry voices and celebrities discuss their relationships and his life, interlaced with interviews, dramatisations, old photos and recent events. He is a fascinating individual and the scenes showing the factories and his sketching are a great insight into his work and process. Overall, an artistic and engrossing feel-good documentary film - not something you see every day.

If you're into fashion and really interested into this style of practice, than you certainly must watch and will enjoy this documentary. It's the fashion biography documentary about the Spanish fashion designer Manolo Blahnik. It talks about his life, his career and his work.

To be honest, I'm not quite interested in fashion, but I got to say that this documentary is amazing. Besides fashion, it's about Manolo himself. He's really one cheerful and interesting human being, unique, absolute genius, funny, charming and kind. He has charisma and a really great personality. There're lots of celebrities and magazine editors, who have worked with Manolo, commenting about his work and great personality. Also the beautiful animation, design and music sets this colorful, dynamic and rhythmic tone and atmosphere throughout the documentary. The only problem that had bothered me, in some moments and occasions, the pacing and editing were a bit off and went too fast. But other than that, it's brilliant.

8/10

I loved this film! I was smiling from start to finish! It's a fascinating and entertaining insight into the world of Manolo Blahnik! It's so interesting to learn about his path into the footwear industry, the hands on approach he has to the making of the footwear and the people he collaborates with from photographers to designers to models! A must watch for all who love fashion, especially shoes!

"Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards" is a Documentary - Biography movie in which we follow the life of Manolo Blahnik, the man who is considered by many people the most influential fashion figure and also the best shoe-maker of the 20th and 21st centuries.

Since I didn't have high hopes or expectations from this movie I wasn't disappointed by it and I would consider this film as an average or even below average documentary. I believe that "Manolo: The Boy Who Made Shoes for Lizards" is a boring documentary in which we watch a lot of people talking about Manolo Blahnik and of course himself about his work but I felt that they really don't know anything about real life. I don't recommend this documentary to anyone and I believe that even if you are a fan of those fashion icons and a fan of Manolo Blahnik you will waste your time watching it.

This is a documentary that probably should not have been made. It's rather boring actually and filled with poseurs who have way too much time on their hands.

Manolo himself is marginally interesting as a personality, but it wears thing within 10 minutes.

The fashion icon after fashion icon interviews just solidify the idea that these people are clueless about real life and live in this really shallow bubble.

If his shoes are great, god bless. But the wiki entry of him is really all you need to know.