Tucker introduces us to a true rebel, whose fashions are infused with both punk style and her own political activism, a woman who is as bold and cutting-edge in her 70s as in her 20s.

| Oct 12, 2021

Dame Vivienne has faced the world in a spectacular way and gives those who wear and those who see her clothes the opportunity to think about who we are and what messages we want to send.

| Oct 12, 2021

This entertaining chronicle, richly composed of archival footage and on camera interviews, retraces Westwood's pattern for contemporary culture and politics. It delivers all that its title promises.

| Oct 12, 2021

Whether all you know about Westwood is that she's actress Helena Bonham Carter's favorite designer, or you're a fan who can tell her different collections apart, this documentary has a lot to offer about one of the fashion world's most interesting icons.

| Oct 12, 2021

This is a rare portrait of a self-made older and still sexy woman with a husband who is half her age and a thriving empire. I, for one, would bow down before her.

| Oct 12, 2021

A talented, multidimensional woman with a wealth of experience and the confidence to know she's usually right. What a Dame!

| Oct 12, 2021

The colour saturated film is a joy, beautiful to look at, a lovely bit of nostalgia and reminder to all of to keep on rebelling...

| Oct 12, 2021

The doco arguably dwells a bit too long on Westwood's role in London punk rock culture wars of the 1970s, but never bores for a moment.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 14, 2020

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist reveals a plethora of contradictions in its subject, and that makes the whole piece all the more intriguing and mysterious.

| Jun 17, 2020

If you're a free spirit, you'll enjoy this spirited backward glance at a great British designer, provocateur, businesswoman, whose smash-the-box approach continues to inspire in these dull gray days of our despair.

| Jun 2, 2020

Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist is a documentary that is fairly well-round about a fantastic lady of fashion who is also a passionate activist and punk rock as can be.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 11, 2020

Westwood's more recent collections are amply displayed, and her style hasn't changed much in 40 years; aside from a few smart suits, most of her outfits are loud, vainglorious political statements.

| Mar 4, 2020

Westwood may be intriguing for fashion types, punk-rockers and fans of septuagenarian women with potty mouths and trophy husbands, but it may be a harder sell for cinephiles who like their docs with a little more revelation.

| Jan 15, 2020

Fashion, for all its seeming frivolity, is a grimly serious business. [Vivienne] Westwood showed an endearing grace, sowing the seeds of future national treasure status.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 25, 2019

There's plenty of interesting archival footage, as well as great contextualising commentary from the people around the dame.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 29, 2018

It's a nice little documentary that doesn't dare to dig too deep, mostly covering the varying of chapters of Westwood's life quickly while avoiding any and all controversy.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Oct 29, 2018

Obviously, Westwood is a great talent, and her career stands for itself. But the Westwood who sits for director Lorna Tucker's camera doesn't seem to want to be there and tells her story - barely - with no excitement.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Oct 24, 2018

Lorna Tucker's documentary portrait focuses equally on what happened afterwards, painting its subject as a committed activist, an artist with no time for convention or false modesty, and a personality worth spending time with.

| Oct 19, 2018

Lorna Tucker's study of Vivienne Westwood is amiable enough but has its detractors.

| Oct 18, 2018

The film is a fair and, I think, a well-meaning attempt to cover her life in all its dizzying variety - hence the scattiness.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 16, 2018