Frida (2002)
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Reviews Counted: 147 Fresh: 110 Rotten:37 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Consensus:
Frida is a passionate, visually striking biopic about the larger-than-life artist.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 25, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $25,681,203
Synopsis: Brilliant colors that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro, Ashley Judd
Director: Julie Taymor
Screenwriter: Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
Producer: Sarah Green, Salma Hayek, Jay Polstein, Lizz Speed, Nancy Hardin, Lindsay Flickinger, Roberto Sneider
Screenwriter: Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
Producer: Sarah Green, Salma Hayek, Jay Polstein, Lizz Speed, Nancy Hardin, Lindsay Flickinger, Roberto Sneider
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Reviews
Actress Salma Hayek portrays the famed Mexican surrealist painter in a biopic that neither mythologizes nor decries the artist's accomplishments on or beyond the canvas.
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07/02/08
Taymor brings all of her artist's compassion to bear on a subject that deserves it.
02/13/08
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11/01/07
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09/22/07
[A]s in soap opera, drama is synonymous with the torments of love. Hayek is a brave, tireless performer, ... but given the script she can only play Kahlo the "beguiling personality" she liked to think of herself as ... rather than Kahlo the artist.
09/26/06
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01/26/06
Frida boasts a small galaxy of charismatic stars orbiting two appealing actors in the juiciest roles of their careers.
12/06/04
While this conventional bio-pic may please middle brow audiences, fans of Ms. Taymor are almost certain to realize that the film could have been so much more than this.
08/22/04
While Hayek's portrayal is appealing and sincere, it's a shade too adoring. She doesn't convey the excruciating pain that besieged Kahlo.
06/23/04
Disappointingly conventional, particularly given Taymor's past work on stage and screen.
06/23/04
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05/19/04
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A glossy, paint-by-numbers portrait best hung in a bank lobby. Taymor seems to forget that what defined Kahlo’s artistic output was the terrible pain she endured...
02/16/04
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02/01/04
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12/15/03
A blasé etching of a fraught relationship, largely ignoring the social and political influences on Frida’s art.
12/01/03
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08/18/03
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