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Frida (2002)
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Reviews Counted:149
Fresh:112
Rotten:37
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Frida is a passionate, visually striking biopic about the larger-than-life artist.
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... [More]
Starring: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro
Director: Julie Taymor
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Reviews for Frida
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Taymor conveys in imaginative cinematic fashion how for Frida, creating art and living were one and the same. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Taymor brings all of her artist's compassion to bear on a subject that deserves it. Full Review |
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[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. Full Review |
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Frida boasts a small galaxy of charismatic stars orbiting two appealing actors in the juiciest roles of their careers. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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While Hayek's portrayal is appealing and sincere, it's a shade too adoring. She doesn't convey the excruciating pain that besieged Kahlo. Full Review |
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Disappointingly conventional, particularly given Taymor's past work on stage and screen. Full Review |
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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... Full Review |
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A blasé etching of a fraught relationship, largely ignoring the social and political influences on Frida’s art. Full Review |
CommentLatest News for Frida
June 17, 2005:
A Lot More Actors Climb Aboard the "Poseidon"
Last week we announced that Kurt Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, and Emmy Rossum had been signed to star in Wolfgang Petersen's remake of "The Poseidon Adventure," but The... More...
February 04, 2005:
Julie Taymor to Direct Musical
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