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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 21 Ratings

  • Starring: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden
  • Summary: A look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." (Sony Pictures Classics)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 28 out of 31
  2. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. 100
    Pollock is confident, insightful work--one of the year's best films.
  2. 80
    Ed Harris, who plays Pollock and makes his debut as a director - doing both jobs superbly, by the way - is angst incarnate.
  3. 80
    As good as Harris is, though, it's Harden's performance that sticks with you long after you've seen the movie. She understands what Krasner must have known intuitively. Greatness comes not from cleaning up messes, but from allowing them to be made in the first place.
  4. 60
    A reasonably entertaining -- and occasionally very moving -- picture.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
  1. MichaelF.
    9
    This is a great film. From beginning to end it never really slows. Ed Harris is unbelievable as an actor and director! Harden completely deserved that Oscar! A must-see! Expand
  2. RobertH.
    8
    I liked this film but don't believe that it avoided the cliches as much as several reviewers did.

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