Cézanne et Moi
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: March 31, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
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5
Mixed:
6
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
75
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaMar 30, 2017
Cézanne et Moi is at its most intoxicating whenever it looks and acts like a landscape painted by its title 19th-century French artist. Read full review
70
The New York TimesStephen HoldenMar 30, 2017
Cézanne et Moi offers a pungent, demystifying portrait of the rowdy late-19th-century Parisian art world where famous painters and poets mingled and jostled for position at dinner parties and art openings filled with shoptalk, backbiting and intrigue. Read full review
67
The Film StageRyan SwenApr 3, 2017
Cézanne et moi alternates between frustrating and engaging, but there is no doubt that its soberness in the face of luxury and genius, and its fidelity, despite some slight shallowness, linger on. Read full review
63
Washington PostAnn HornadayApr 20, 2017
It’s a touching evocation of friendship, brotherly competition and artistic courage at the cusp of a new century. Read full review
63
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldApr 12, 2017
Cézanne et Moi sounds more fascinating than it actually is; essentially, it’s just under two hours of exquisitely art-directed conversation, little of which is especially compelling. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleApr 6, 2017
Ever-present is the mild dissonance of fiery pioneers of expression inspiring charmingly pretty if standard art house fare. Read full review
60
Village VoiceChuck WilsonMar 29, 2017
The film gains power in the final third...one wishes Thompson had chosen to view the great artist's lives through the eyes of the women who loved (and tolerated) them Read full review
50
VarietyPeter DebrugeMar 30, 2017
The cinematic equivalent of calendar art. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloMar 29, 2017
Intensive research has killed many a biopic, but Cézanne Et Moi, which recounts the tempestuous lifelong friendship between Paul Cézanne and Émile Zola, labors even more tediously than most to accommodate personal details, whether or not those details serve the narrative. Read full review
40
Total FilmTim ColemanApr 10, 2017
The cinematography’s sumptuous, but pacing is very stop-start. Worse, there’s an aura of male entitlement, fuelled by the script’s uncritical reverence of its flawed philanderers. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerMar 27, 2017
Thompson’s heavy-handed storytelling, along with a nonstop score of pure mush, brings this closer to telenovela territory than to the Louvre. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineKeith WatsonMar 26, 2017
The film barely even scratches the surface of the animating force of Cézanne and Zola's lives: their art. Read full review
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