71
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe film parks her at the center of a universe that was and is all about gender tolerance and inclusion, even if one doubts her claims of a “post ‘velvet rope'” party ethos.
- 75RogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRogerEbert.comMonica CastilloRich in personal archival footage and first-hand accounts. It’s as if every other clip in the movie is a peek into a bygone era.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe film makes it evident that Bartsch has been a seminal figure in a subculture that, despite her continuing efforts, has come to feel sadly diminished.
- 70Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhat Susanne Bartsch: On Top makes clear is that the art of being seen, as facilitated by Bartsch, can carry unexpectedly poignant depth.
- 70Film Journal InternationalDavid NohFilm Journal InternationalDavid NohThe approach, while admittedly daring, leaves the game viewer, although certainly dazzled by much of the footage, rather wanting more than Bartsch verbalizing the arc of her life and ambitions, yes, but in a distorted layered and overlapping soundtrack that, intentionally, is not always decipherable.