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Pollock

Drama Ed Harris's POLLOCK is a moving portrait of artist Jackson Pollock, a leader of abstract expressionist painting whose work had major influence on the modern art movement. A serious alcoholic who was married to Lee Krasner, another prominent painter, the film illustrates Pollock's rise to art world fame in the last 15 years of his life, and his subsequent surrender to the bottle which brought his death in 1956. In its best moments, ... [+]
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BBC
BBC
"A highly personal, rigorous, and thoughtful analysis of a truly troubled genius."  POS
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Newsday
Newsday
"The movie forces you, as few of its kind ever do, to see the fruits and spoils of genius framed against the gritty, banal canvas of normal life." POS
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New York Post
New York Post
"There are few more thrilling sights around than watching the great Ed Harris furiously hovering over a canvas in Pollock." POS
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The New York Times
The New York Times
"The pleasure of watching these two superb actors [Harris and Harden] play figures of such stature without a trace of sentimentality is enormous." POS
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
"Stands out among creative bio-pics for an ability to show art being made in a way that's as realistic and exciting as it's ever been on screen." POS
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USA Today
USA Today
"The movie falls short of achieving its apparent goal: being the 'Raging Bull' of the art world." NEU
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Entertainment Weekly
Entertainment Weekly
"Ed Harris has always been a great actor in search of a role that could match his haunted intensity, and in Pollock ... he finds it." POS
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The Hollywood Reporter
The Hollywood Reporter
"Distinguished by its quiet, intelligent, admirably restrained approach and by two finely wrought performances from Harris and Marcia Gay Harden" POS
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