Fresh
Harris as an actor does justice to his long-term passion to play Pollock.
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine/Vulture
Overview
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.
Director and cast
- Ed Harris Director
- Ed Harris as Jackson Pollock
- Marcia Gay Harden as Lee Krasner
- Tom Bower as Dan Miller
- Jennifer Connelly as Ruth Kligman
- Bud Cort as Howard Putzel
- John Heard as Tony Smith
- Val Kilmer as Willem DeKooning
- David Leary as Charles Pollock
- Robert Knott as Sande Pollock
- Stephanie Seymour as Helen Frankenthaler
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
80%
Tomatometer
Fresh
That altogether rare movie about an artist that works because it takes the art itself for granted.
Geoff Pevere, Toronto Star
Rotten
Just -- yes, just -- one more film about that perennially obdurate subject, an artist.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Fresh
A difficult and demanding movie, one that rewards the persevering moviegoer just as Pollock's difficult and demanding paintings ultimately reward the steadfast.
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer
Fresh
Harris ... gives perhaps the performance of his screen career, making the most of his physical resemblance to Pollock while bringing a scary, single-minded intensity to the part.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
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