Loving Vincent
Good Deed Entertainment | Release Date: September 22, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 21 Critic Reviews
Positive:
15
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldOct 18, 2017
It was a pleasure to become happily lost in this unique film’s world of color and line, and to see two filmmakers’ mad dream come true. Read full review
80
Total FilmJames MottramOct 12, 2017
An animated film like no other, Loving Vincent is a staggering visual achievement. Read full review
80
EmpireIan FreerOct 9, 2017
A triumph of painstaking technical prowess and stunning visuals over storytelling and dialogue. See it for its nuanced take on a huge cultural figure and to applaud its astounding audacity. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSerena DonadoniSep 28, 2017
An engrossing exploration of the artist’s final days rendered in his signature painting style. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeAug 11, 2017
Loving Vincent may exist as a showcase for its technique, but it’s the sensitivity the film shows toward its subject that ultimately distinguishes this particular oeuvre from the countless bad copies that already litter the world’s flea markets. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 31, 2017
The animation lifts Loving Vincent (he signed some of his letters with a hearty “handshake from your loving Vincent”) above the mystery, above mere biography, into something brilliant, revealing and unique. Read full review
75
Washington PostStephanie MerryOct 11, 2017
Visually, it’s spectacular. Conceptually, it’s jaw-dropping to simply considering the effort that went into this. The story, however, doesn’t always hold its own. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)John SemleyOct 5, 2017
Loving Vincent is gorgeous. It's a film of immersive beauty. Read full review
70
Arizona RepublicKerry LengelOct 12, 2017
Visually you can certainly call the film a breakthrough. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 28, 2017
Beyond explanation is the art itself. Animating Van Gogh’s bold impasto, already kinetic on the canvas, could have been merely superfluous. As moving pictures, though, the brushstrokes have an unexpected pull in this uneven but deeply felt homage. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerAug 11, 2017
The painstaking work done by Kobiela and Welchman to turn some of the artist’s most prized canvases into animated scenes can be impressive to behold. Read full review
67
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerSep 29, 2017
The fact that this movie, with its 65,000 painted frames, was even attempted, is daunting. It’s the kind of folly that demands a measure of respect, for the effort, if not altogether for the result. Read full review
67
IndieWireDavid EhrlichAug 31, 2017
There’s something ineffably beautiful about such a purehearted folly, even if a Herzogian drama about the making of Loving Vincent might have more to offer than the film does itself. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 4, 2017
The results are visually dazzling. The movie as a whole is something less. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaSep 23, 2017
If you are hungry for dazzling eye candy and don’t mind a less-than-meaty narrative, this might please your palate. Read full review
60
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 21, 2017
As the story limps and drags, the viewer also becomes accustomed to the images, and astonishment at the film’s innovative, painstaking technique begins to fade. But its charm never quite wears off, for reasons summed up in the title. Read full review
58
Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaSep 28, 2017
As stimulating as it is, the animation ends up being more pictorial than expressive—an initially fancy but eventually rather monotonous way to dress up what is ultimately a mundane drag of a detective procedural. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 5, 2017
The film does have enough visual interest and occasional revelation to allow it to limp with dignity to its conclusion. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleJosh KupeckiOct 11, 2017
As beautiful as Loving Vincent may appear, there is nothing behind the brushstrokes. Read full review
40
TheWrapRobert AbeleSep 21, 2017
Unfortunately, Spot the Painting is this wooden movie’s only sustaining thrill, because the investigation plot rarely generates any lasting interest. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenSep 21, 2017
Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman's film is driven by an off-putting and oxymoronic fusion of reverence and egotism. Read full review
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