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Goya in Bordeaux
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61 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 24
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 24
  3. Negative: 2 out of 24
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  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    100
    Bravo!
  2. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Desmond Ryan
    88
    Triumphs by taking an elliptical approach that still reaches directly into the very core of genius.
  3. Dallas Observer
    Reviewed by: Jean Oppenheimer
    80
    Far more than a mere visual feast.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kevin Thomas
    80
    Superb, contemplative.
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  5. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    80
    Feverish, elegant movie.
  6. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Stephen Hunter
    80
    The camera, freed to glide, flows as if through the old man's memory, discovering both the glory of his life and the tragedy.
  7. Miami Herald
    Reviewed by: Elisa Turner
    75
    Saura's storytelling style draws us deep into Goya's world, a disturbing but bittersweet place that can look hauntingly modern.
  8. Seattle Post-Intelligencer
    Reviewed by: William Arnold
    75
    It assumes considerable knowledge of his life and times. But, with even a little of the familiarity it demands, the movie is something special.
  9. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: Paul Malcolm
    70
    Storaro's gorgeous cinematography imbues every frame with an enthralling subjectivity.
  10. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    Visual knockout of a film.
  11. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Lisa Alspector
    70
    The luminous images--as much the filmmakers' as the painter's--are occasionally transcendent.
  12. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Kim Morgan
    67
    Plods and frustrates, but forgivably, it is a deeply felt picture.
  13. San Francisco Examiner
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    63
    Dreamy and elegantly filmed.
  14. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    What can a movie tell us about the painter that the paintings do not? The effort has done no favors for Picasso or Rivera or Bacon.
  15. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Robert Horton
    60
    Worth a look, even if it doesn't quite find the internal logic it seems to be searching for.
  16. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    58
    Covers some bases, but it feels like the Cliffs Notes version of a grander epic.
  17. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    Never comes alive.
  18. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    50
    The meandering story doesn't gather much momentum and Vittorio Storaro's camera work is less awesome than usual.
  19. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    50
    The movie never catches fire with the emotions.
  20. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Jay Carr
    50
    Rich as it looks, it lacks the feverishness of Goya's art.
  21. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    50
    This film's splendid visuals suit the subject, Spain's greatest painter, but its stilted dramatics are wholly at odds with Francisco de Goya's tumultuous life and times.
  22. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    40
    Sumptuous to behold, although one will not leave the theatre with a much deeper knowledge and understanding of this great Spanish painter's career.
  23. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Elizabeth Weitzman
    38
    While it's visually stunning, the pretentiousness makes it hard to take seriously.
  24. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    38
    Pretty but tedious Euro-pap at its most self-indulgent.
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