Leaving Home, Coming Home: A Portrait of Robert Frank
Granada Television | Release Date: May 29, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJun 6, 2019
The man is the movie, and the long stretch of lived road Frank describes as an immigrant grappling with his adopted country’s faults is revealing, at times heartbreakingly so. Read full review
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The New York TimesGlenn KennyMay 28, 2019
This material covers a good deal of the same ground as the 2016 documentary on Frank, “Don’t Blink.” Both films give a strong “lion in winter” sense and are moving in their treatments of the tragedies of Frank’s life. If you’ve seen “Don’t Blink,” you may ask whether you “need” to see this. I’d say yes. “More light,” as Goethe put it. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 28, 2019
Beautiful loneliness, as the film suggestively reveals, is a texture that Frank knows all too well. Read full review
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The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 29, 2019
More than anything, the doc lives up to its name as a portrait of the photographer in his old age. Read full review
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