Great job, Salma. You have brought Frida Kahlo to the masses. And you have presented her in primer form, as honestly, reverently and boldly as you could.
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11/08/02
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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
An instance of filmmakers being so inspired by the life and achievement of an artist (or, in this case, a pair of artists) that they transcend genre to create something invigorating.
11/08/02
If Frida doesn't tell us anything that we don't already know, it does dramatize Kahlo's life with a fiery, soulful beauty.
11/08/02
Passionate, provocative, hilarious, tragic and just dizzyingly beautiful to behold.
11/08/02
Top CriticWhile the character development here is sketchy at best, Hayek is both convincing and magnetic as Kahlo, and makes the film watchable.
11/08/02
[The screenplay's] flatness ultimately defeats a film that's always a treat to look at.
11/08/02
Top CriticAt its best, this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure, an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture.
11/08/02
Top CriticNo matter what happens to Hayek from this point on, she leaves us Frida.
11/08/02
Top CriticTaymor, the creative mind behind Broadway's The Lion King, fills Frida with brilliant, surreal flourishes...a rich, funny and sometimes erotic film about an inspiring and influential figure in 20th-century art.
11/08/02
Top CriticIt's a film to watch and love. And no one will love this one more than Hayek, who can start shopping for her awards-night gown.
11/08/02
Its essence seems to be genuinely suggestive of an artist whose canvas was her life and vice versa.
11/07/02
A sterling performance by Hayek, who exhibits an insatiable artistic curiosity the script barely stoops to explain.
11/07/02
A few sublime and moving moments interrupting an otherwise pedestrian movie biography.
11/07/02
...your standard, safe biographical checklist, right down to Salma Hayek's committed and reverent performance in the title role.
11/07/02
The greatest movie about an artist since Vincente Minnelli grafted the psychological turmoil of Vincent Van Gogh onto the screen in Lust for Life.
11/06/02
Top Critic“Frida” is a good film that has some brilliant moments of artistry throughout.
11/06/02
It blazes with life and glistens with Taymor's daring theatrical and surrealistic touches.
11/04/02
gorgeous to look at but emotionally flat
11/03/02
You can admire the energy and dedication that went into making Frida without really liking it. It's really just a TV movie level biopic that makes a mad dash through painter Frida Kahlo's life.
11/02/02
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