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8.6 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

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  1. JackS.
    May 14, 2003
    10
    I was only vaugly aware of these two people, but within the first few minutes I was engrossed by this film. If you enjoyed Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse, there's a good chance you will like this as well.
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  2. YoonMinC.
    Sep 24, 2003
    7
    A love/hate tribute from the legendary German director Wernor Herzog to his longtime partner, the deranged actor Klaus Kinski. It illustrates madness as source of creativity and vice versa. Ultimately touching and sad, the movie is also a confession of how Herzog exploited Kinski's self-destructive impulses to fuel his obsessive visions, the difference being Kinski went the full distance whereas Herzog is still alive, well, and very sane. Does this mean that 'mad artists' have to be con men to survive, to feign their fiendishness while their partners may be truly teetering over into madness? This could well be the story of Mick Jagger and Brian Jones, or of Pete Townshend and Keith Moon. What keeps some artists from going over the edge while their partners take the full leap? … Expand
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  3. PatC.
    Jan 5, 2004
    7
    Mostly prologue, but it becomes clear that Kinski wielded insanity as a gift. Such a touching ending - makes one wonder who's really crazy.
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Metascore
70 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Stack
    100
    One of the great portraits of artists fighting, even with murderous rage, to reach the sublime.
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  2. Time
    Reviewed by: Richard Corliss
    80
    This documentary, a gallivanting time trip through a bolder film era, is Herzog's final collaboration with Kinski: an act of love and exorcism.
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  3. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    75
    About two men who both wanted to be dominant, who both had all the answers, who were inseparably bound together in love and hate, and who created extraordinary work--while all the time each resented the other's contribution.
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