McCarroll is as cocky and cantankerous as he is compelling, which leads to a glut of histrionic moments, including spectacular scuffles with his publicists and his staff.
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04/02/09
Eleven Minutes (2009)
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Reviews Counted:27
Fresh:16
Rotten:11
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Eleven Minutes makes for a decent fashion world primer, but is likely to appeal mostly to Project Runway diehards.
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Television
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: It's been two long years since the sharp-witted Jay McCarroll was dubbed "the next great American designer" on season one of reality television's Project Runway, and he's anxious to finally show... [More]
Reviews for Eleven Minutes
Jay McCarroll is surprisingly endearing in a familiar fashion doc.
03/07/09
McCarroll comes off as a likable and talented guy, amazingly calm as the Big Moment arrives and the guy making his models' shoes is nowhere to be found.
03/06/09
...a more real piece of work than one would expect.
03/03/09
Even if you've never heard of Project Runway, the battle between art and wicked compromise never goes out of style.
02/25/09
The dynamics of fashioning low-end fashion are amusing but a little of McCarroll goes a long way.
02/24/09
A well-edited and moderately fascinating documentary lacking in truly illuminating and profound insights.
02/21/09
For general audiences, it could use a bit of, ahem, tailoring - taking in here and there.
02/20/09
Though this is the rare documentary that admirably admits recording "reality" on film actually shapes how people behave under the camera's gaze, I think Eleven Minutes is going to appeal mostly to hard-core fashionistas.
02/20/09
Fashion fanatics will appreciate the behind-thescenes perspective as McCarroll plans his first show.
02/20/09
The filmmakers cram their slice of the fashion world with no detail overlooked, and in doing so they capture that brisk, intoxicating New York atmosphere of smart, no-nonsense professionalism.
02/20/09
Top CriticA decent behind-the-scenes look at the fashion world, a serviceable primer on what it takes to conceive, execute and present a collection and a diverting introduction to an entertaining personality.
02/20/09
Reveals the fundamental silliness of fashion.
02/20/09
Top CriticLike its subject, whose designs were partly inspired by hot-air balloons, this documentary, by Michael Selditch and Rob Tate, sometimes seems buoyant to the point of weightlessness. It can also be fawning, but it's far from hot air.
02/19/09
Top CriticA superbly crafted, bargain-budget documentary that profiles a fascinating underdog and skillfully explores the troubled territory between reality TV and reality.
02/19/09
Eleven Minutes is better when the cameras stay on McCarroll and allow him to voice his extreme ambivalence about being a reality-TV creation, and about the industry and his place within it. As ever, he plays the consummate outsider to perfection.
02/19/09
What is meant to be a no-holds-barred exploration of the creative process often comes across more like the tiresome Confessions of a Reality TV Darling.
02/19/09
Top CriticThe process for putting on a high-profile fashion show seems endlessly fascinating even if it's hard to find reason to care about Jay McCarroll as the film's central subject.
02/19/09
This delirious, delicious, deconstructing look at the recent real-world entry into fashion of reality-TV's first "Project Runway" winner Jay McCarroll should round up the usual suspects of gay, style-conscious viewers and many others eager for a good time
02/19/09
Although the movie isn't without merit, it's all Jay, all the time, and that gets a little old.
02/19/09
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