There is, for all the frivolity of her business, a gravitas and magnetism about Iris Apfel: she's smart and funny and sassy enough for the viewer to see past a life of privilege and walk-in wardrobes.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 7, 2016

Maysles often said that he made [his films] with a sense of love for his subjects. That is certainly true of this film, which is a great parting gift to us all.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 19, 2015

She emerges here as a down-to-earth, self-mocking, savvy philosopher, a one-off combination of Madame de Pompadour and a borscht-belt standup: it's not just Iris's glasses that recall George Burns, but her wit too.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2015

A love letter to individualism, and the love that fuels it.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 31, 2015

Late director Albert Maysles (Gimme Shelter) beautifully captures her personality and her passion for creativity.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2015

The director's way with framing and composition hadn't deserted him even at this late stage - every shot is a box of delights.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2015

Albert Maysles's last film is a typically deft exercise in subtle observation.

| Jul 30, 2015

A glorious documentary fashionistas will want to study, frame by frame, while the rest of us are inspired by Apfel's zest for life and fondness for costume jewellery on an epic scale.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 30, 2015

It's an affectionate, slight, minor work.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 30, 2015

All you truly need know is she is a joy, a wonder, and terrific, as is this film.

| Jul 30, 2015

This woman has plenty of blunt wisdom to share.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 27, 2015

'Iris" is a joyful look at an aging eccentric and an examination of the playful nature of design and fashion; it likely won't change your life, but will bring a smile to your face.

| Original Score: B | May 22, 2015

A flurry of excitement greets her wherever she goes; throughout the adulation, she is appreciative, patiently bemused, a little cranky and only occasionally tickled.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 15, 2015

Iris is an absolute kick, whether or not you care a whit about the world this character is moving through. And she is a character, with her big round glasses and her big opinions.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2015

Iris is a potent argument against fast fashion, fast anything. And as a quiet cataloging of a couple slowing down and accessorized with wheelchairs, walking sticks, and hands tightly clasped, it becomes a poignant snatch of real-time aging.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 14, 2015

Maysles simply presents lots of other designers telling Apfel how brilliant she is, their testimony interspersed with pithy accounts of her past achievements.

| May 14, 2015

The film plays like a refreshingly frank visit with a favorite relative.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 14, 2015

Flamboyantly fashionable and filter-free, 93-year-old Iris Apfel is a delightfully quirky muse for legendary documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles's final solo film, Iris.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2015

"Iris" serves as a spirited, often dazzling primer in how to fight the dying of the light and feel fabulous while doing it.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 14, 2015

Intimate, knowing portrait of a fashion icon who knows exactly who and what she is, and is often surrounded by people who don't.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 8, 2015