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Mr. Amalric plays Yves as a still-besotted fan of Barbara, and as a director he's a still-besotted fan of Ms. Balibar's. He is wise in his enthusiasms. Oct 11, 2018 | Full Review…
Mr. Amalric plays Yves as a still-besotted fan of Barbara, and as a director he's a still-besotted fan of Ms. Balibar's. He is wise in his enthusiasms.
Glenn Kenny
An oddly alluring film that does a double backflip on hokey showbiz-bio convention: not an informative introduction to the singer by any means, but a suitably eccentric evocation of her creative essence. May 19, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
An oddly alluring film that does a double backflip on hokey showbiz-bio convention: not an informative introduction to the singer by any means, but a suitably eccentric evocation of her creative essence.
Guy Lodge
Apart from occasional highs linked to songs, such as a beautiful scene of Brigitte in silhouette at the piano singing "Je ne sais pas dire," there's not much development here. May 18, 2017 | Full Review…
Apart from occasional highs linked to songs, such as a beautiful scene of Brigitte in silhouette at the piano singing "Je ne sais pas dire," there's not much development here.
Jay Weissberg
Barbara deviates from what is expected from a conventional biopic, and its proposal includes several stimulating points with which, unfortunately, Amalric never manages to do anything worthwhile. [Full Review in Spanish] Jul 24, 2019 | Full Review…
Barbara deviates from what is expected from a conventional biopic, and its proposal includes several stimulating points with which, unfortunately, Amalric never manages to do anything worthwhile. [Full Review in Spanish]
Mikel Zorrilla
In Barbara, the process of filmmaking is shown to be a nesting series of shells that allow one to be simultaneously freed and lost. Oct 8, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
In Barbara, the process of filmmaking is shown to be a nesting series of shells that allow one to be simultaneously freed and lost.
Chuck Bowen
An explosion of formats and textures, layers of narrative, aesthetic, like vital onion layers, in which everything is confused and nothing is incomprehensible. [Full Review in Spanish] Apr 10, 2018 | Full Review…
An explosion of formats and textures, layers of narrative, aesthetic, like vital onion layers, in which everything is confused and nothing is incomprehensible. [Full Review in Spanish]
Javier Ocaña
[Mathieu] Amalric confirms he is a filmmaker in full control of his own vision, which intensifies from one title to the next. [Full review in Spanish] Apr 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
[Mathieu] Amalric confirms he is a filmmaker in full control of his own vision, which intensifies from one title to the next. [Full review in Spanish]
Alberto Bermejo
Proves, once again, that the biopic is something more than those paradoxically interchangeable hagiographies that the mainstream loves to produce. [Full Review in Spanish] Apr 3, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Proves, once again, that the biopic is something more than those paradoxically interchangeable hagiographies that the mainstream loves to produce. [Full Review in Spanish]
Phillipp Engel
A prodigious polyhedral dialog between archive, myth and representation that surpasses the musical biopic... [Full review in Spanish] Mar 26, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
A prodigious polyhedral dialog between archive, myth and representation that surpasses the musical biopic... [Full review in Spanish]
Daniel de Partearroyo
...a film so sincere, it sometimes seems unreal. [Full Review in Spanish] Mar 12, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
...a film so sincere, it sometimes seems unreal. [Full Review in Spanish]
Carlos Losilla
Beyond a portrait, Barbara is also a polyhedral analysis and exalted of the process of construction of any character. [Full review in Spanish] May 30, 2017 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
Beyond a portrait, Barbara is also a polyhedral analysis and exalted of the process of construction of any character. [Full review in Spanish]
Víctor Blanes Picó
A film if you want something chaotic and disjointed, but absolutely fascinating. [Full review in Spanish] May 25, 2017 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A film if you want something chaotic and disjointed, but absolutely fascinating. [Full review in Spanish]
Diego Batlle
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