A Poet In New York
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5.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 8 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 3 out of 8

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  1. TheRimRider
    Feb 21, 2015
    6
    Talented without a doubt but what makes this film difficult to enjoy is that Thomas wasn't the best of human beings. Relationships weren't his strong point. He can't help himself of course so it's like watching a train wreck, waiting for the inevitable crash. That sometimes makes for uninspired viewing. Performances are good as is the poetry itself, naturally. Having said that, I liked himTalented without a doubt but what makes this film difficult to enjoy is that Thomas wasn't the best of human beings. Relationships weren't his strong point. He can't help himself of course so it's like watching a train wreck, waiting for the inevitable crash. That sometimes makes for uninspired viewing. Performances are good as is the poetry itself, naturally. Having said that, I liked him more when I didn't know this much about him.… Expand

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Metascore
85

Universal acclaim - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. PopMatters
    Reviewed by: Renee Scolaro Mora
    Nov 3, 2014
    80
    The portrayal of Thomas’ decline is visceral from the first moments to the last, evoking that same second-hand queasiness one experiences watching, say, Leaving Las Vegas, with explicit images of obliterating drunkenness, retching, and emotionless, mechanical sex, as well as the spasmodic gasping for breath coming out of a blackout or descending into an asthma attack. Watching Thomas’ experience is riveting.
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  2. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 29, 2014
    80
    Everything else about A Poet in New York, which is timed to air alongside the centennial of Thomas’s birth, is small and underwhelming. That sounds like a damning complaint, but the limits of the script, by Andrew Davies, actually benefit Hollander’s performance to some extent.
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  3. Variety
    Reviewed by: Brian Lowry
    Oct 28, 2014
    70
    A Poet in New York is constrained in both its ambitions and rewards. That said, viewed strictly in terms of the poetry of the words and power of Hollander’s portraiture, it’s not a bad way to commemorate, as Thomas put it, the dying of the light.
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