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Modigliani

EMAILPRINTBauer Martinez Studios

Modigliani reviews
25
6.4 User Score:

Generally unfavorable reviews

Based on 10 critic reviews
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Movie Info

Genre(s): Drama

Written by: Mick Davis

Directed by: Mick Davis

Release Date:
Theatrical: May 13, 2005
DVD: September 27, 2005

Running Time: 128 minutes, Color

Origin: USA / France / Germany / Italy / Romania / UK

Summary

RATING: R for some language and drug use

Starring Andy Garcia, Elsa Zylberstein, Hippolyte Girardot, Omid Djalili, Eva Herzigova, and Udo Kier

This film portrays the untold story of the bitter rivalry between Modigliani and Picasso. Two men whose envy of each other is fuelled by their brilliance, their arrogance, their passions. (Bauer Martinez Studios)

What The Critics Said

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

50

The Hollywood Reporter Kirk Honeycutt

Garcia has his moments as a wild man but the script never really allows him to plumb the artist's emotional depths.

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50

Variety Lisa Nesselson

Can't overcome a didactic script.

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42

Entertainment Weekly Scott Brown

The lushness of a Modigliani is largely absent from Modigliani.

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40

TV Guide Ken Fox

The real-life Modigliani did indeed live a short, tragic life, but this factually inaccurate, plodding film makes it feel twice as long.

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38

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

It's hard to take this oddball movie seriously.

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30

LA Weekly Kim Morgan

A tiresome, hammy and ultimately annoying portrait of the artist as a young drunk.

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25

New York Post Kyle Smith

An Iranian comedian named Omad Djalili plays Picasso, that sexually combustible Spanish bull, with all the earth-shaking allure of, say, Andy Richter.

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20

Los Angeles Times Carina Chocano

Deeply silly and tendentious.

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20

Village Voice R. Emmet Sweeney

Sadly, instead of situating the l'amour fou in the artistic ferment of the period (1917-1920), Davis twists the period to fit the story.

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10

The New York Times Stephen Holden

The best and maybe the only use to be made of the catastrophic screen biography Modigliani is to serve as a textbook outline of how not to film the life of a legendary artist.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this movie is 6.4 (out of 10) based on 10 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Frenchie Y. gave it a1:
Simply an insult to all poets, painters and lovers, a dull, overacted abortion!

Earl M. gave it a2:
Tiresome, poor representation of the artist's life--do not waste your time!

Lanique gave it a10:
Anything incredible gotta have a little repulse, otherwise it'll turn boring. For this particular case the movie stands alone, here a repulse would be the critics' reviews.

Nicola M. gave it a2:
Simply an atrocious movie, painful to watch. Woefully overacted, with more hams than a butcher shop. Picasso was played by Bud Abbot. Really a bad bad bad movie.

Stephanee H. gave it a9:
I feel the critics were very wronge! I felt it was a wonderful movie and great preformances that left me wanting for more.

Odessa F. gave it a10:
Great movie!!! Excellent performances by Andy Garcia and rest of the cast. This movie really captures the spirits of Paris around that time. A beautiful and tragic love story too! Don't miss it. It is now out on DVD.

Cristina O gave it a10:
Excellent movie! Deep penetreting into the artist's life and following, apparently, the real facts. I do not understand why the critics have been so bad. He had a miserable life and ONLY from this point of view the film looks miserable.

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