Cutie And The Boxer (2013)
Average Rating: 8/10
Reviews Counted: 47
Fresh: 45 | Rotten: 2
A beautifully-made documentary that explores the challenges and richness of both marriage and art through the lens of a fascinating and complex couple.
Average Rating: 8/10
Critic Reviews: 23
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 2
A beautifully-made documentary that explores the challenges and richness of both marriage and art through the lens of a fascinating and complex couple.
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Once a rising star in the '70's New York art scene, 80-year-old "boxing" painter Ushio Shinohara is prepping for his latest show, hoping to reinvigorate his career. His wife and de facto assistant, Noriko, seeks her own recognition through her "Cutie" illustrations, which depict their chaotic 40-year marriage. CUTIE AND THE BOXER captures two lives united by a dedication to art-making for a touching meditation on the eternal themes of love and sacrifice. (c) Radius-TWC
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All Critics (47) | Top Critics (23) | Fresh (45) | Rotten (2)
A painful, powerful portrait of the struggle and sacrifice required to create, and the cost that it can demand.
Top CriticThe story of an extraordinary marriage between two people bound together by their artistic impulse.
A lively double portrait of Ushio and Noriko Shinohara, two Brooklyn-based artists who, after 40 years of marriage, are still creating side by side, and tormenting each other.
More than anything, the film expresses - at an almost subconscious level - the difficulties of discerning not only what real art is, but also what true love is all about.
Intriguing as their present lives may be, without enough background to appreciate, for instance, Ushio's associations with Rauschenberg and Warhol, we can't gauge the full extent of the couple's regrets and losses.
"Cutie and the Boxer" takes this tale of two artists and tells it with style and wit ...
The takeaway from the bickering and paint splatter is that the couple's feisty commitment to one another is an art unto itself.
Heinzerling allows us to read whatever we want into this picture. The endless struggle for money and professional recognition is either a curse or a raison d'être.
Two unforgettable characters make it a rare treat
The most wonderful, paint-splattered love story I've seen...
They're oddly adorable and painfully awkward ...
A long-running, barely functioning marriage, starving artists and the whole "Emperor's New Clothes" nature of the New York art scene, all in one film
Equally heartbreaking and heartwarming. It's one of the best love stories in years.
Imparts glancing lessons about the uncertainty of love and the almost necessary dance of responsibility and care-taking involved.
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