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Movie Info

World-renowned painter Pablo Picasso (Anthony Hopkins) is notorious for his infidelity, but his French lover, Françoise Gilot (Natascha McElhone), manages to weather her stormy relationship with him better than many other women. While serving as Picasso's muse and the mother of two of his children, Gilot -- an artist in her own right -- has to contend with his relationships with other women, including his wife, dancer Olga Khokhlova (Jane Lapotaire), and photographer Dora Maar (Julianne Moore).

Rating:

R
Genre:

biography
Original Language:

English
Director:

James Ivory
Producer:

David L. Wolper, Ismail Merchant
Writer:

Arianna Stassinopoulos Huffington, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Release Date (Streaming):

Jun 9, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$2.0M
Runtime:

2h 3m
Production Co:

Merchant Ivory Productions, David L. Wolper Productions
Sound Mix:

Stereo

Cast & Crew

Anthony Hopkins
Pablo Picasso

Natascha McElhone
Françoise Gilot

Julianne Moore
Dora Maar

Joss Ackland
Henri Matisse

Peter Eyre
Sabartes

Jane Lapotaire
Olga Picasso

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Critic Reviews for Surviving Picasso

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (13)

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September 7, 2011 | Rating: B | Full Review…

Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
...a stunning debut by Natascha McElhone...

April 29, 2005

Daniel M. Kimmel
Variety
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April 12, 2002 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…

Globe and Mail
When it is over we are left with the conclusion that if Picasso had not been a great artist, this story would not have much mattered; as a beast toward women, he was nothing special.

January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…

James Berardinelli
ReelViews
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January 1, 2000 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Alison Macor
Austin Chronicle
Surviving Picasso not only fails to entertain; it puts the artist and his work at considerable risk by playing into the hands of modern-art-haters, in this respect like the book on which it claims to be based.

August 16, 2018 | Full Review…

John Richardson
The New York Review of Books
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September 21, 2005 | Rating: 3/5

Michael Szymanski
Zap2it.com
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December 18, 2004 | Rating: 1/5

Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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June 4, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central
Ambition notwithstanding, Surviving Picasso fails prodigiously, mostly out of its own confusion over who it is about and what it wants to say.

January 10, 2003 | Rating: D+ | Full Review…

Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks
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January 7, 2003 | Rating: 2/5

Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Audience Reviews for Surviving Picasso

Jul 16, 2007

Like a movie star, Picasso had many relationships. This movie is about one of those relationships in fact, between Picasso at 60 and a 20's year old Francoise. I cannot believe how dependant on Picasso the mistresses are, but there is hope in the heroine of the movie.

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