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- 91Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumCompleting his wonderful French cultural trilogy that also includes portraits of the Comédie-Fran¸aise and the Paris Opera Ballet, indefatigable documentarian Frederick Wiseman freely, unobtrusively prowls the joint to create a movie that respects the serious work involved in simulating the sensations of pleasure.
- 90MovielineStephanie ZacharekMovielineStephanie ZacharekThe picture is celebratory, in its own quiet way, as well as clear-eyed.
- 90The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottMr. Wiseman's particular genius has always been to convey, through judicious editing and dogged filming, the tedium, busyness and quiet intensity of group labor.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAnyone could make a film about a theater full of naked women; only Wiseman would take equal interest in the person who handles the ticket-ordering, and the one who makes sure there's a bottle of champagne on every table.
- 80NPRScott TobiasNPRScott TobiasWiseman's fragmented approach misses the continuity of the show, which mixes erotic dance with comedy, magic and even a little soft shoe, and tells an overarching story that Crazy Horse never quite communicates. Yet there's more than enough compensation in the scenes Wiseman does catch.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrHis abiding interest is in the ways that human beings work together, his famous fly-on-the-wall shooting style revealing the constant struggle to connect and create. Wiseman's are the movies to show to the aliens when they arrive.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIf Frederick Wiseman's involving new documentary Crazy Horse is any indication, that old rule about how you get to Carnegie Hall - "practice, practice, practice" - applies equally well to that Parisian temple of self-described "nude chic" known to its intimates simply as "Le Crazy."
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyMost disappointingly, the dancers never get their close-ups; whether by choice or by some enforced arrangement, Wiseman doesn't approach the gorgeous women to give them the chance to tell their side of what it's like to work at the Crazy Horse.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanIt's undeniably interesting to watch each element come into place, from choreography to costumes. But the truth is, most viewers will best appreciate the retro-sexy dance numbers themselves.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoSexploitation and art blend uneasily in Crazy Horse.