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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 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Reporter from Life magazine: "How do you know when you're finished with a painting?" Jackson Pollock: "How do you know when you're finished making love?" Pollock was a great painter. He was also miserable and made everyone around him miserable a lot of th ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Pollock is confident, insightful work--one of the year's best films. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"This is a superior film based on the troubled life and career of Abstract Expressionist artist and manic-depressive Jackson Pollock." ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
If Harris the actor has been a talent to cherish for several years now, the arrival of Harris the director makes the future appear twice as bright. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Matinee Magazine (Chuck Rudolph)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.64 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Harris genuinely seems to be at one with the character, and his movie is eerily alive. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Film.com (Peter Brunette)Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Irrespective of whether Pollock, as a movie, is any good -- and it is very, very good -- it's clear that Ed Harris was born to play the lead role. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Film.com (Peter Brunette)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
It all seems in retrospect like more than what you'd expect in a 2-hour film, but somehow, Harris gets it all in there. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Greg's Previews at Yahoo! Movies (Greg Dean Schmitz)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Variety (David Rooney)Variety (David Rooney)
Distinguished by its quiet, intelligent, admirably restrained approach and by two finely wrought performances from Harris and Marcia Gay Harden in the leading roles. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Variety (David Rooney)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)
What Harris extracts from himself is nothing less than a psychological nude scene, sustained across two hours. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at LA Weekly (F. X. Feeney)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.56 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Pollock is that rare breed, a biopic that makes you want to learn more about its subject, as much as you can, as fast as you can. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Harris convincingly creates one "Pollock" after another over the course of the movie. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.52 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Harris and Harden have real on-screen sympatico, in their nasty battles and good times alike. ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Pollock (2000) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
Jackson Pollock's "making love" quote is famous, but in practically the same breath, he said a more constructive thing: "It's like looking at a bed of flowers--tear your hair out over what it means." It took him sixteen words to do as whole dissertations ...read the complete Pollock movie review at Film Freak Central
 
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