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Pollock (2000) Rank 3 Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Pollock (2000) a score of 2.9057 out of 4
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Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.32 out of 4 stars for Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
The resulting film is a labor of love with all the strengths and weaknesses you might expect from such a designation. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Portland Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Guardian/ObserverGuardian/Observer
The life and career of the influential American painter, Jackson Pollock. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Guardian/Observer
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Ed Harris, who plays Pollock and makes his debut as a director - doing both jobs superbly, by the way - is angst incarnate. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Stephen Holden)New York Times (Stephen Holden)
The pleasure of watching these two superb actors [Harris and Harden] play figures of such stature without a trace of sentimentality is enormous. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Village Voice (J. Hoberman)Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
The movie's best moments evoke the thrill of doing something new. Pollock convincingly retails the beauty and originality of the painter's best work -- it may not be an intellectual adventure, but it does represent one. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Village Voice (J. Hoberman)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
As good as Harris is, though, it's Harden's performance that sticks with you long after you've seen the movie. She understands what Krasner must have known intuitively. Greatness comes not from cleaning up messes, but from allowing them to be made in the ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Salon.com (Stephanie Zacharek)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Ron Wells)Film Threat (Ron Wells)
You can decide for yourself if Pollock was a great artist. He wasn't such a great man, but at least he got a pretty good movie. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Film Threat (Ron Wells)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Stands out among creative bio-pics for an ability to show art being made in a way that's as realistic and exciting as it's ever been on screen. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kenneth Turan)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Film.com (Robert Horton)Film.com (Robert Horton)
Like other aspects of this film, the image may be a little too perfect, a little too careful. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Film.com (Robert Horton)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
This is a towering performance of bruising inspiration. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
May be the first movie about a painter to transcend the gushy clichés found in movies that try to unravel the mysteries of artistic creation. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
It is a difficult and demanding movie, one that rewards the persevering moviegoer just as Pollock's difficult and demanding paintings ultimately reward the steadfast. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Carrie Rickey)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Wesley Morris)San Francisco Chronicle (Wesley Morris)
Renders the juicy bits of the artist's life in two hours of pulsing highlights that suggest a man who never really had any emotional or psychic downtime. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Wesley Morris)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Elisa Turner)Miami Herald (Elisa Turner)
Some of the most riveting passages of the film are Harris slathering skeins of rich color, dipped fresh from cans of house paint, onto canvases stretched out on the floor. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Miami Herald (Elisa Turner)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
For all the praise that has been heaped upon it, is a quasisatisfying, half realized vision. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Owen Gleiberman)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Lawrence Journal-World (Dan Lybarger)Lawrence Journal-World (Dan Lybarger)
The enthusiasm Harris devotes to his subject matter leaves one with a positive impression of both the film and himself. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Lawrence Journal-World (Dan Lybarger)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
This film grabs you and pulls you into the experience of its story with a strength that is almost supernatural. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at watchingmovies.com (Rob McKinnon)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Most of Pollock, save for the last act, feels refreshingly different from most other bio-pics. Outstanding. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at efilmcritic.com (Collin Souter)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for DVD Verdict (Mike Jackson)DVD Verdict (Mike Jackson)
I'm not an art aficionado by any means. Sure, I like looking at appealing art, and I enjoy French Impressionism (Van Gogh, Monet, and the like) and other works that tickle my aesthetic fancy, but I can't reach the levels of "mental masturbation" needed ...read the complete Pollock movie review at DVD Verdict (Mike Jackson)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.87 out of 4 stars for filmdeculte.com (Julie Anterrieu)filmdeculte.com (Julie Anterrieu)
Cela faisait près de dix ans que Ed Harris mûrissait le projet d’adapter le livre Jackson Pollock: An American Saga et d’ainsi transposer au cinéma la vie de cet artiste qui le fascinait tant. Jackson Pollock, une icône figée devant sa ...read the complete Pollock movie review at filmdeculte.com (Julie Anterrieu)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Time (Richard Schickel)Time (Richard Schickel)
The result is a harrowing film, impossible to "like" in any conventional way, hypnotically impossible to turn away from. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Time (Richard Schickel)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
The dilemma is simple: Living, making art, and then dying does not constitute much of a story. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.52 out of 4 stars for Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
A passionate, shrewd, and well-cast biopic of 20th-century America's favorite tortured painter. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Mr. Showbiz (Michael Atkinson)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Ed Harris' Pollock represents the latest opportunity for an accomplished thespian to step around to the other side of the camera. In addition to donning the director's cap, Harris also wears a pair of other hats - he is one of the movie's producers and he ...read the complete Pollock movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
 
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