Alice Neel
SeeThink Films | Release Date: April 20, 2007 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
1
Negative:
1
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80
Los Angeles TimesSheri Linden
The finely crafted Alice Neel is at once tribute, investigative journalism and messy family drama. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Andrew Neel's fascinating but troubling documentary about his famous grandmother is more than a mere biography of an important 20th-century artist: It's also an intimate portrait of a family member that questions whether or not "great artist" and "good parent" can ever be combined in the same person. Read full review
70
The New York TimesMatt Zoller Seitz
It achieves the documentary format’s basic goal of illuminating history while also demonstrating, through filmmaking choices, how an artist’s style reveals his or her personality. Read full review
70
VarietyAndrew Barker
Much like Neel's portraits, the film is marked by audacious understatement, neither whitewashing nor sensationalizing the artist's sterling achievements and messy personal life. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeCate McQuaid
For all the juicy storytelling, Alice Neel remains, in this film, a cipher: brash, grandmotherly, and beyond understanding. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleKenneth Baker
Comes across as a cautionary tale. Read full review
30
Village VoiceJulia Wallace
Neel is a compelling subject, but she's more alive in one of her paintings than in all of the voluminous video footage her grandson thrusts upon us. Read full review
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