"I recently survived a screening of the two-hour-and-37-minute film that is 'House of Gucci,' " the fashion designer Ford wrote in an essay for the digital weekly newsletter Airmail.
Ford, the Gucci creative director from 1994 to 2004, had unique personal insight into director Ridley Scott's true-life drama around the fashion dynasty starring Lady Gaga, Adam Driver, Al Pacino, Jeremy Irons, Jared Leto and Salma Hayek.
He admitted his "opinion is perhaps biased" working with many of the real-life players in the saga, including Maurizio Gucci, the slain fashion house head played by Driver.
Ford even appears in "House of Gucci" as a minor character played by Reeve Carney.