Philippe Decouflé, Ali Mahdavi
Inside Paris's Crazy Horse cabaret - the most famous nude dance show in the world. Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman explores one of the most mythic and colorful places dedicated to wo... read more 
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March 30, 2012
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
March 23, 2012
Tom Long, Detroit News
If there's one thing that's both surprising and predictable about "Crazy Horse" it's how thoroughly unsexy the film is. Full Review
March 8, 2012
Walter V. Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
If nothing else, you'll surely relish the extravagant rhetoric used by Ali Mahdavi, the club's artistic director, to describe what is basically a tasteful nudie revue. Full Review
March 8, 2012
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
The most interesting dynamic exists between director Philippe Decoufle and artistic director Ali Mahdavi. Full Review
March 5, 2012
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The revue and the film are chic, antiseptic and curiously asexual. Full Review
February 23, 2012
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
The performers, who (spoiler alert) look pretty good, are neither sentimentalized nor unduly ennobled by Wiseman. Full Review
February 23, 2012
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
So warm, colorful, and sensuous that it seems like a real anomaly for the highly disciplined filmmaker. Full Review
February 23, 2012
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The Crazy Horse Saloon in Paris is famous for its "erotic chic" revues, but I found nothing either erotic or chic in this reduction of body parts to geometrical displays. Full Review
February 9, 2012
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
It's a fascinating behind-the-scenes view, right down to the delivery man who blandly deposits a bag of takeout backstage. Full Review
February 2, 2012
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
It is a deft revelation of shared humanity, the kind of thing no one does better than Frederick Wiseman. Full Review
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