Vincent & Theo 1990

Critics score:
88 / 100

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Janet Maslin, New York Times: The enjoyment in Vincent and Theo comes more from the director's attention to art history than from his ability to interpret it anew. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: This was Altman's most watchable theatrical feature in about a decade, and the actors always keep you guessing. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: [A] film that generates the feeling that we are in the presence of a man in the act of creation. Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Nowhere does Altman sermonise about the artist's greatness; his achievement is allowed to speak for itself. If only more film-makers had such confidence and integrity. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: This masterwork operates in the intimate, thoughtful vein of the great BBC bios of artistic figures. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: This European-financed production may not discover anything strikingly new about the Dutch artist's life, but it renders him in a tender and vivid light. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: This lovely if deliberate film marks Altman's return to a more straightforward, but by no means expected, style. Read more