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  • 2006
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 2 h 2 m

Summary Fur creates a ravishing imaginary portrait of the visionary artist Diane Arbus. Much as an actual Arbus photo transports us into strange and unfamiliar worlds, Fur travels through the looking glass to explore the transformation of a shy woman into a powerfully original artist. (Picturehouse)

Directed By: Steven Shainberg

Written By: Erin Cressida Wilson, Patricia Bosworth

  • 2006
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 2 h 2 m
  • 2006
  • R
  • Picturehouse
  • 2 h 2 m

Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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Summary Fur creates a ravishing imaginary portrait of the visionary artist Diane Arbus. Much as an actual Arbus photo transports us into strange and unfamiliar worlds, Fur travels through the looking glass to explore the transformation of a shy woman into a powerfully original artist. (Picturehouse)

Directed By: Steven Shainberg

Written By: Erin Cressida Wilson, Patricia Bosworth

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
8 Reviews
61% Mixed
19 Reviews
13% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 31 Critic Reviews
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26% Positive
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61% Mixed
19 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews

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Much of the film is as strange and oddly beautiful as one of Arbus' own photographs, bold in its attempt to find new ways of cracking the biopic chestnut and sensitive in its portrayal of a 1950s woman who, like so many of her contemporaries, finds herself imprisoned in a "Good Housekeeping" nightmare.
By Scott Foundas FULL REVIEW
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Fur is that rare movie that's TOO understated, so quiet and deliberate that it effectively buries consuming passions.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
60
This Diane Arbus, as she's portrayed by a tremulous Nicole Kidman, radiates warmth and empathy that's nowhere to be seen in the work of the real Diane Arbus. Fur is intended to be a tribute to Arbus, but it's more a fancifully embroidered tapestry of wishful thinking.
By Stephanie Zacharek FULL REVIEW
50
The movie's considerable problems are not the fault of its dedicated star, Nicole Kidman. She does her job beautifully - which, come to think of it, may be something of a problem after all.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
50
Wilson and the director, Steven Shainberg, draw on Arbus's family and on many elements from her life and her art, only to turn the material into feeble nonsense.
By David Denby FULL REVIEW
42
The result is this metabiography that says almost nothing about the great photographer's life or art.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
16
Shainberg reduces this most disturbing of all photographers to a portraitist of Halloween.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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10 Ratings
29% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 17 User Ratings
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59% Positive
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29% Mixed
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12% Negative
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Production Company Pressman Film, River Road Entertainment, Iron Films (I), Vox3 Films, Furthefilm LLC
Release Date Nov 10, 2006
Duration 2 h 2 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline A wife playing a role. A mother caring for her family. A woman discovering her true self. And a mysterious stranger, who unlocks a hidden world.
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Awards

Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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