Hockney
Film Movement | Release Date: April 22, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
5
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoiceApril WolfeApr 21, 2016
Hockney is a little work of art of its own, even if it's so very nice and happy about everything. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinApr 18, 2016
“Everyone is looking all the time; you just have to train yourself to look harder,” Hockney explains. This warm, affectionate, perceptive film makes looking harder look easy. Read full review
80
Total FilmJames MottramApr 18, 2016
Both revealing and good-natured, its a very inviting exploration of one of the 20th Centurys major artists. Read full review
75
Washington PostPat PaduaJun 2, 2016
The documentary Hockney presents such an immersive portrait of its subject — artist David Hockney — that by the end of the film it feels like we are looking at the world through his eyes. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperMay 19, 2016
This is a sunny, admiring documentary about the British (and Los Angeles) treasure David Hockney, who remains productive at 78, is candid and entertaining in interview segments and seems utterly content and grateful for the life he’s had and the artistry he’s been gifted with. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 21, 2016
Hockney is less interested in providing a conventional top-to-bottom narrative than in capturing a sense of who Hockney is and what is important to him. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterLeslie FelperinApr 18, 2016
An officially sanctioned but pleasingly gush-free cinematic monograph. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyMay 19, 2016
That we don’t hear more from Ruscha is one of the documentary’s flaws. Hockney, the subject, is like a great painting. Hockney, the documentary, is a pretty plain frame. Read full review
60
The New York TimesStephen HoldenApr 21, 2016
When it deepens its intellectual focus, Hockney begins to lose coherence, with rushed sequences that cover his stage designs, his landscapes and his experiments with photography. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawApr 18, 2016
It’s an engaging and garrulous film, and Hockney is now a cheerful, grandfatherly figure, and an object lesson in taking the boy out of Bradford, and not the other way around. Read full review
60
Time Out LondonCath ClarkeApr 18, 2016
There are beautiful moments from David Hockney’s home-video stash in this thoughtful doc. Read full review
58
The Film StageMichael SnydelApr 27, 2016
There’s no doubt Hockney deserves appreciation for his artistic influence, but this documentary is less a reflection of his singular presence than the result of haphazardly mashing together a fascinating life. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineClayton DillardApr 18, 2016
After a nearly virtuoso opening, it reduces passages of the painter's life into multiple montages of pop pabulum. Read full review
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