Pollock

Name: Pollock
Genre: Biography, Drama
Released: December 15, 2000
Duration: 122 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Ed Harris, Marcia Gay Harden

2000

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Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: December 15, 2000 | R

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)

Director: Ed Harris

Genre(s): Biography, Drama

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 min

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Roger Ebert

Pollock is confident, insightful work--one of the year's best films. Read full review

Film.com Peter Brunette

Irrespective of whether Pollock, as a movie, is any good -- and it is very, very good -- it's clear that Ed Harris was born to play the lead role. Read full review

Marc Savlov

Pollock is that rare breed, a biopic that makes you want to learn more about its subject, as much as you can, as fast as you can. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

Stands out among creative bio-pics for an ability to show art being made in a way that's as realistic and exciting as it's ever been on screen. Read full review

David Sterritt

The movie is enriched by its fine acting and by its creative respect for an innovator whose influence still permeates contemporary art. Read full review

Carrie Rickey

It is a difficult and demanding movie, one that rewards the persevering moviegoer just as Pollock's difficult and demanding paintings ultimately reward the steadfast. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

A smart but disappointingly conventional portrait of an artist who had little use for convention. Read full review

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phazel45

Jun 28, 2013

Mesmerizing. Although I'm an art lover, Pollock was not one of my favorites. After watching the film, I finally "get" him. Ed Harris has done an amazing job as acting and directing. I absolutely believed I was watching Pollock himself. Marcia Gay Harden is wonderful as his wife, LeeMesmerizing. Although I'm an art lover, Pollock was not one of my favorites. After watching the film, I finally "get" him. Ed Harris has done an amazing job as acting and directing. I absolutely believed I was watching Pollock himself. Marcia Gay Harden is wonderful as his wife, Lee Krasner. The acting and directing throughout is superb. Pollock sober was a sweetheart; Pollock drunk was a monster. Unfortunately, the monster prevailed. The final scene, in which an extremely intoxicated Pollock drives his car faster and faster, despite the pleas and screams of his girlfriend and her friend, was compelling. Pollock is obviously released from all his pain, and in a dream-like trance crashes the car, and one understands that he has perished. That scene is distressingly attractive, making his death seem like Nirvana instead of the sordid reality. (His girlfriend survives, although her friend is killed, but the film shows us nothing after the car crashes.) This may be one of the best films I have ever seen.… Expand

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MichaelF.

Aug 8, 2001

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!

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RobertH.

Feb 26, 2001

I liked this film but don't believe that it avoided the cliches as much as several reviewers did.

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geewah

Jan 21, 2021

Not a bad biopic. Shame it's pretty conventional, which is the opposite to how Pollock worked and lived.

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