2012
Not Rated
Seventh Art Releasing
1 h 30 m

2012
Not Rated
Seventh Art Releasing
1 h 30 m

Summary "Portrait of Wally”, Egon Schiele’s tender picture of his mistress, Walburga (“Wally”) Neuzil, is the pride of the Leopold Museum in Vienna. But for 13 years the painting was locked up in New York, caught in a legal battle between the Austrian museum and the Jewish family from whom the Nazis seized the painting in 1939. Portrait of Wally...

Directed By: Andrew Shea

Written By: David D'Arcy, Andrew Shea

2012
Not Rated
Seventh Art Releasing
1 h 30 m

2012
Not Rated
Seventh Art Releasing
1 h 30 m

Portrait of Wally

Name: Portrait of Wally
Genre: Documentary, History, News
Released: 2012-05-11
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Rating: 70

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Directed By: Andrew Shea

Written By: David D'Arcy, Andrew Shea

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

80% Positive
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Chicago Tribune

Jun 30, 2012

The documentary carrying the same name as Schiele's painting works like a suspense drama and a slippery chronicle of ownership, theft and vaguely unsettling resolution.

By Michael Phillips FULL REVIEW

Austin Chronicle

Sep 6, 2012

With a saga this sprawling and byzantine, it makes sense that the emphasis is not on Schiele, but rather on what the sorely wronged Bondi never stopped calling "my Schiele."

By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW

The A.V. Club

May 9, 2012

Portrait Of Wally tells a gripping story, but the filmmakers should have been more forthright about their own part in it.

By Sam Adams FULL REVIEW

Village Voice

May 8, 2012

Shea's documentary is a well-arranged if rather drawn-out parade of talking heads telling Wally's story, including a trenchant and funny Morley Safer, never missing a chance to knock the art world.

By Nick Pinkerton FULL REVIEW

Variety

May 8, 2012

Turning over rocks in and around the New York art world, helmer Andrew Shea finds a lot of ugly stuff while chronicling what amounts to a 60-year hostage drama centered around the Egon Schiele oil painting that gives the film its title.

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Time Out

May 8, 2012

Though overly dependent on a roundelay of talking heads, the film escalates into an ace legal thriller, spinning a web of shame that snags everything from the Austrian government to America's most beloved not-for-profits.

By Eric Hynes FULL REVIEW

Boston Globe

Jun 28, 2012

What's most vexing about Portrait of Wally is its lack of nuance.

By Mark Feeney FULL REVIEW

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Release Date May 11, 2012

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating Not Rated

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