Modigliani
1,439
Drama
Set in Paris in 1919, biopic centers on the life of late Italian artist Amedeo Modigliani, focusing on his last days as well as his rivalry with Pablo Picasso. Modigliani, a Jew, has fallen in love with Jeanne, a young and beautiful Catholic girl. The couple has an illegitimate child, and Jeanne's bigoted parents send the baby to a faraway convent to be raised by nuns. Modigliani is distraught and needs money to rescue and raise his ... [+]
Author | Review | ||
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United States | LA Weekly | "A tiresome, hammy and ultimately annoying portrait of the artist" | NEG |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Deeply silly and tendentious." | NEG |
United States | Variety | "Can't overcome a didactic script" | NEU |
United States | The Hollywood Reporter | "Garcia has his moments as a wild man but the script never really allows him to plumb the artist's emotional depths." | NEU |
United States | TV Guide | "The real-life Modigliani did indeed live a short, tragic life, but this factually inaccurate, plodding film makes it feel twice as long" | NEG |
United States | New York Daily News | "It's hard to take this oddball movie seriously" | NEG |
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