Salma Hayek,
Alfred Molina,
Geoffrey Rush,
Ashley Judd,
Antonio Banderas
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After being attached to a number of actors, directors, and producers, this long-gestating biography of one of Mexico's most prominent, iconoclastic painters reaches the screen under the guiding hand o... read more
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Release Date: October 25, 2002
Keywords:
salma hayek,
frida kahlo,
alfred molina,
julie taymor,
Salma Hayek ,
Julie Taymor ,
Frida Kahlo ,
Alfred Molina
DVD Release Date: June 10, 2003
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May 30, 2011Visually brilliant biopic about an original directed by an original. Love, love, love.
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March 29, 2011A feast for the eyes...a famine for the ears.
This films moments of immense beauty are almost overshadowed by the mediocre acting.
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December 7, 2010I never much cared for Kahlo's work. Still don't. But it made me respect the woman more. After this I can see how well suited this was for Taymor's directing style. The visual effects that worked for her here were very similar in Across the Universe.
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August 26, 2010Fascinating and insightful. Alfred Molina seems perfectly suited for the role of Diego Rivera and Hayek is simply fantastic. The dream sequence and artful animation took me by surprise. 4 and a half stars!
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July 13, 2010The visual effects, and the basically brilliant acting by Hayek, makes Frida a must see, and original film.
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December 23, 2009This interesting biopic of famous Mexican painter Frida Kahlo has some good art direction and photography, in a fine but conventional story.
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September 30, 2009Fantastic film. Everything from the direction, cinematography, acting and make-up was superb. It?s one of the best biopics filmed to date. You really do gain understanding of Frida's life and work, interweaving her famous paintings into the film was beautifully done. The only thi... read more
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May 12, 2009I liked it, but it didn't really add anything to the biopics that I've already seen on her. I did like the cool ways they integrated her paintings into the film though. Frida's story just fascinates me, she was such a tortured soul.
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July 29, 2008I don't think I've ever seen Salma Hayek act so well. I particularly enjoyed how they incorporated Kahlo's paintings into the plot, and how in part they shot New York and Paris using black and white (either collage through King Kong, or black and white with Kahlo in colour). It g... read more
Critic Reviews
December 2, 2002
Stanley Kauffmann, New Republic
November 22, 2002
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Ms. Taymor gets magnificent performances from Ms. Hayek as Frida and Alfred Molina as the oversexed Diego Rivera. Full Review
November 8, 2002
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Passionate, provocative, hilarious, tragic and just dizzyingly beautiful to behold. Full Review
November 8, 2002
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
[The screenplay's] flatness ultimately defeats a film that's always a treat to look at. Full Review
November 8, 2002
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
No matter what happens to Hayek from this point on, she leaves us Frida. Full Review
November 8, 2002
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
At its best, this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure, an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture.
November 8, 2002
Bill Muller, Arizona Republic
Taymor, the creative mind behind Broadway's The Lion King, fills Frida with brilliant, surreal flourishes...a rich, funny and sometimes erotic film about an inspiring and influential figure in 20th-ce...
November 7, 2002
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
A few sublime and moving moments interrupting an otherwise pedestrian movie biography.
November 6, 2002
Rex Reed, New York Observer
The greatest movie about an artist since Vincente Minnelli grafted the psychological turmoil of Vincent Van Gogh onto the screen in Lust for Life. Full Review
November 2, 2002
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
[Hayek] doesn't just act Frida, she inhabits her. Full Review
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