The Eyes of Orson Welles
Ama Films | Release Date: March 15, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
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Generally favorable reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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1
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90
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 14, 2019
The movie intersperses observations and speculations on Welles’s life and work with long looks at his graphic pieces. These are fascinating. Read full review
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Slant MagazineChuck BowenMar 14, 2019
The Eyes of Orson Welles honors the central paradox of Welles: that he was a joyful poet of alienation who was, like most of us, both victim and victimizer. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMar 21, 2019
Considering the amount of such material Welles left behind — sketches, drawings and paintings from his formative childhood travels through decades in movies — it makes for a tantalizing reappraisal sure to appeal to even the most knowledgeable Welles enthusiast. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 19, 2019
If you can say nothing else about this free-form valentine, it’s genuinely eye-opening. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeTy BurrJun 19, 2019
Early in the documentary The Eyes of Orson Welles, a box is taken out of long years of archival storage at the University of Michigan and opened to reveal an entire alternate career: pages upon pages of Welles’s graphic artwork. For this, Mark Cousins’s documentary is necessary viewing. For the glutinous narrative voice-over of Cousins himself, it’s decidedly less so. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzMar 15, 2019
The Eyes of Orson Welles doesn't rank with the best Welles scholarship, mainly because it's too overreaching and disorganized, and commits itself to central creative decisions that increasingly come to seem misguided. Read full review
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The PlaylistAndrew BundyMar 22, 2019
Cousins’ new doc will undoubtedly be essential viewing for a sea of cinephiles, but it might not easily capture the attention of audiences less familiar with Welles’ legacy. Read full review
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