Robert Mapplethorpe
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- Smith is effortlessly good, but his efforts are wasted in this numbing, by-the-numbers biopic, and the real Mapplethorpe's striking visual creations are blunted by a middling, timid presentation. Directed by Ondi Timoner, who made the excellent rock documentary DIG! (2004), Mapplethorpe is a surprising dud.
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It is a full on sex, drugs and rock and roll story set against the dizzying background of New York in the 1970s and 1980s and the movie really confronts the nature of Mapplethorpe's work.
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- Matt Smith
- Ondi Timoner
- Biography, Drama, LGBTQ+
Apr 26, 2018 · In her narrative feature debut, director Ondi Timoner delivers a picture-perfect portrayal of enfant terrible photographer-artist Robert Mapplethorpe.
Mapplethorpe's story would likely be best handled via documentary, but Mr. Smith's performance is worthy of attention. The film does a nice job of relaying the two sides to Mapplethorpe's work - the provocative and the portraits. He took some iconic photos of celebrities including the cover of Patti Smith's debut album "Horses".
Mar 1, 2019 · “Mapplethorpe” is defined by cliche biopic problems: a chronological approach and emphasis on facts that makes it a slow bore, as informative as the film might be for newcomers. It starts with him as a young man leaving the confines of the stuffy Pratt Institute to become a hustling artist in 1970s New York City.
Feb 28, 2019 · “Mapplethorpe,” directed by Ondi Timoner, is a fictionalized biography of the photographer that is most alive when it’s putting its subject’s pictures on the screen, which it does often. And...
- Ondi Timoner
Mapplethorpe, The Director's Cut. 2021 1h 54m Drama. List. 50% Tomatometer 6 Reviews. 83% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings. Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe was among the most consequential...
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- Drama
Apr 2, 2021 · This review occupies a somewhat awkward space: my colleague Nick Allen reviewed the original "Mapplethorpe," a 2018 film released in 2019, and two years later, here's a review of "Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut" by somebody else who liked it a lot more.
