High and Low – John Galliano is a compelling, honest and intelligent examination one man’s meteoric rise and self-inflicted fall.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 19, 2024

For Galliano, whose psyche resembles a ball of wool that’s been with the kittens for a few days, his fall from grace seems to have arrived in stages.

| Jun 18, 2024

You can come for the clothes, the scandal or the so-called redemption arc and feel satisfied by the end. A slam dunk.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2024

In other words, it’s a moral tale -- or, in this case, an amoral one, since Galliano emerges from Macdonald’s film as being naively tone-deaf to society’s sensitivities. Yet, it’s also clear he inspires great affection in those who have worked with him.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 30, 2024

This genuinely gripping, warts’n’all portrait of the once-legendary fashion designer John Galliano is one of the best documentaries of the year so far.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 29, 2024

The keys: Sobriety, and also remorse.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 9, 2024

Magnificent portrait of an ego caught with pins. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2024

While the documentary doesn't shy away from Galliano's most controversial facets, it does give him the (last) word and highlights the mastery of what he does. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 29, 2024

With intimate archival footage and revealing testimonies, High & Low takes us on an emotionally resonant journey that forces us to confront our own perceptions and prejudices. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Apr 26, 2024

This biographical documentary works better as a 'where are they now' story than as a convincing argument that disgraced fashion designer John Galliano deserves to make a comeback. The movie has indications that Galliano's sincerity can be doubted.

| Apr 22, 2024

A new documentary on the disgraced designer asks important questions about our twisted relationships with work and the things we cherish.

| Mar 30, 2024

It’s an illuminating portrait for fashion aficionados and also an indictment of the morally ambivalent industry that supports him.

| Mar 24, 2024

A fascinating piece of work, mixing glamour and darkness and a lot of uncertainty.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Mar 18, 2024

Kevin Macdonald has made a film that looks like an apology but is too smart to be one.

| Mar 15, 2024

I went into the cinema wanting to hear what Galliano had to say about it all... But the film never properly gets to the bottom of it.

| Mar 14, 2024

Macdonald is reliably dexterous in charting the rise to stardom, the well-publicised crash, and now a career rehab. But High & Low doesn’t fully pierce the underbelly of these axial racist outbursts.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2024

Kevin Macdonald’s film uncovers the brilliance and ugliness of his subject with objectivity and elan.

| Original Score: A | Mar 14, 2024

Hats off to Kevin Macdonald.

| Mar 12, 2024

Kevin Macdonald’s thoughtful, probing documentary about the rise and fall of the disgraced designer...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2024

You won’t come away from High and Low liking Galliano as a person. Instead, Macdonald ensures there is enough here to understand why this fall from grace matters, and invites you to come to your own conclusions.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 11, 2024