SummaryThe September 2007 issue of Vogue magazine weighed nearly five pounds, and was the single largest issue of a magazine ever published. With unprecedented access, 'The September Issue,' directed and produced by R.J. Cutler, tells the story of legendary Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour and her larger-than-life team of editors creating the issue an... Read More
Directed By:R.J. Cutler
The September Issue
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Generally Favorable
69
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Generally Favorable
7.0
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
86% Positive
24 Reviews
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14% Mixed
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100
Lusciously revealing fly-on-the-wall portrait of Anna Wintour.
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A crisp and entertaining documentary.
75
Compulsively entertaining documentary.
70
A slight, if often riveting, behind-the-scenes documentary.
70
Wintour's arctic imperiousness has a way of creating the most masochistic deference, a dynamic that R.J Cutler superficially explores--and becomes prone to--in his documentary The September Issue.
63
What's most conspicuously missing from this ensemble is some input from the advertisers who subsidize Wintour's tyranny, and the readers who are seduced into buying her beautiful four-pound paperweights.
40
The press notes boast that Mr. Cutler was given "unprecedented access" and the right of final cut; these advantages don't seem to have done much for this listless film.
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Generally Favorable
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May 23, 2011
9
A fashionista's dream came true, The September Issue is a lovely documentary about two figures (Wintour and Coddington) on a heavy mission. It's the less cynical side of The Devil Wears Prada (2006) but still highly entertaining.
Dec 8, 2011
0
Was I watchin' the Disk 2 extra features? It's not even a movie. It's a goddamn interview, a goddamn 'feature disk' that doesn't have plot, doesn't have even 2.1 channel, subtitles, and doesn't even have a proper intro. Yes, it's a real Anna Wintour. So what? There was simply no heart in making this so-called movie.
Production Company:
- A&E IndieFilms
- Actual Reality Pictures
Release Date:Aug 28, 2009
Duration:1 h 30 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:Fashion is a religion. This is the bible.
Awards
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
