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.

While Hayek's portrayal is appealing and sincere, it's a shade too adoring. She doesn't convey the excruciating pain that besieged Kahlo.

Disappointingly conventional, particularly given Taymor's past work on stage and screen.

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...

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A blasé etching of a fraught relationship, largely ignoring the social and political influences on Frida’s art.

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...it's the performances that elevate Frida to more than just movie-of-the-week fodder.