Basquiat Reviews
eFilmCritic.com
Often seems like a blank canvas.
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| Original Score: 3/5
San Francisco Examiner
Pretentious and dull.
| Original Score: 2/5
Combustible Celluloid
The character on the screen (played by Jeffrey Wright)... is nothing more than a surface.
Filmcritic.com
By the end of Basquiat, there are even fewer answers than when we started.
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| Original Score: 2/5
There isn't a boring shot anywhere, and writer-director Schnabel is clearly enjoying himself as he plays with expressionist sound, neo-Eisensteinian edits, and all sorts of other filmic ideas.
Old School Reviews
Wright is at his best when interacting with the numerous great actors who lend small parts and cameos to the independent film.
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| Original Score: B
KFOR Channel 4 News
A stylish and interesting look at a moment in New York City's art world where everyone stopped to look at one person, who never seemd to quite fit.
| Original Score: 4/5
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Schnabel made his film about Basquiat, which carries its own validation. He's also made something of a work of art in its own right.
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| Original Score: 4/5
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Houston Chronicle
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