Clothes make the man, but can't quite save the film, in "Yves Saint Laurent," in which the life of one of haute couture's great innovators gets disappointingly by-the-numbers treatment.

Saint Laurent’s credits in the cinematic arts includes Gaspar Noë’s short film Summer of ’21, which debuted in December 2020 and featured the house’s newest collection at the time.

★★★★☆ In Bertrand Bonello’s “Saint Laurent,” to be released May 8, the formulaic biopic is decomposed and reconstructed to parallel the French designer’s innovative fashion. Time becomes meaningless ...

The director of the film, simply titled Yves Saint Laurent, is Jalil Lespert, previously an actor in the likes of Tell No-One. He, too, was fascinated by the men's long friendship.