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Basquiat (1996) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Basquiat (1996) a score of 2.6748 out of 4

based on (61) reviews

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Excellent

(7)

Very Good

(36)

Good

(16)

Fair

(2)

Poor

(0)

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Pedro Sena

And this is what the film does so well. Wether the performances are close to the originals or not is another question, but it is hard to fault the attitudes that some people take here. New York does get its share of s**t for art, that becomes known as...read the complete Basquiat (1996) review at Pedro Sena

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Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

Basquiat is an engrossing spectacle, but by the end, as a zoned-out Basquiat stands regally in a cruising Jeep, we realize that Schnabel has reconfigured his story as a kind of ghostly myth, and that we've never completely seen the man behind it....read the complete Basquiat (1996) review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)

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The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

But the film's central figure remains a cipher, the subject of a colorful scrapbook rather than a revealing portrait....read the complete Basquiat (1996) review at The New York Times (Janet Maslin)

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Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)

A paint-by-numbers version of an artist's life, Basquiat is amusing for all the wrong reasons, especially at those horrible moments when you realize you're supposed to be taking it seriously....read the complete Basquiat (1996) review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)