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      Frida

      R Released Oct 25, 2002 2 hr. 3 min. Biography Drama List
      76% 161 Reviews Tomatometer 85% 50,000+ Ratings Audience Score This is the true story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) and her husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), the larger-than-life painters who became the most acclaimed artists in Mexican history, and whose tempestuous love affair, landmark journeys to America, and outrageous personalities made them legendary. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Premiered Mar 19 Buy Now

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      Frida is a passionate, visually striking biopic about the larger-than-life artist.

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      Corey L The movie is mostly very mundane and a tedious watch. I can only recommend watching it if you are interested in the life and history of Frida as well as the history of communism. However, even in the depiction of these themes the experience can seem a bit muddled and unclear in intention. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/14/24 Full Review Everardo C A veces sentimos como si la película pasara de un colorido acontecimiento a otro sin tregua, pero a veces a Frida Kahlo le debe haber parecido que su vida también lo hacía Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/16/24 Full Review Alec B If not for Hayek's performance and Taymor's interesting forays into Kahlo's mind, this would be a pretty forgettable biopic. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/09/24 Full Review Mark K In an age of fake super-heroes, this a movie of a real human hero. This is not a story with a Hollywood ending but a story about real life. I won't say more as I think it as you should see the movie unfold a a life unfolds. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 10/29/23 Full Review becky b I really liked this movie. I learned a lot about Frida, and it made me delve deeper into her story, and her art. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 09/27/22 Full Review Audience Member While a showcase to find Salma Hayek at her dignified best and more of Alfred Molina's humbleness to form a melodramatic chemistry, the film itself seems to go by the numbers with effective grips but dazzles more as unique cinematic appreciation towards art in general with such respectful exhibition to representationally express the subject's influence. (B+) Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Edward Porter Times (UK) The screenplay takes a paint-by-numbers approach, but the director, Julie Taymor... supplies visual exuberance in the spirit of the film’s heroine. Dec 5, 2022 Full Review Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader A little better than the run-of-the-mill artist picture, probably because the colorful lives of these figures have an interest that for many people exceeds the interest of their work–or at least enhances it... Rated: 2/4 May 9, 2022 Full Review David Denby New Yorker Smart, willful, and perverse, this Frida is nobody's servant, and the tiny Hayek plays her with head held high. You may want to laugh now and then, but you won't look away. Jan 7, 2020 Full Review Daisy Leigh-Phippard Screen Queens Taymors film doesnt shy away from Fridas struggles and her fierce determination to continue despite them. But it also delves into the real spirit of a painter, and the politics that turn the tides of culture. Feb 21, 2022 Full Review Felicia Feaster Creative Loafing The strangest of birds - a film about a Communist, bisexual, hirsute, maverick artist aimed squarely at a mainstream audience - Frida may, in fact, turn out to be more radical than it first appears. Feb 4, 2020 Full Review Mattie Lucas The Dispatch (Lexington, NC) One can imagine Taymor's glorious vision as a triumph of which Frida herself would approve. Rated: 3.5/4 Jun 5, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Synopsis This is the true story of Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) and her husband Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina), the larger-than-life painters who became the most acclaimed artists in Mexican history, and whose tempestuous love affair, landmark journeys to America, and outrageous personalities made them legendary.
      Director
      Julie Taymor
      Executive Producer
      Mark Amin, Brian Gibson, Mark Gill, Jill Sobel Messick, Margaret Rose Perenchio, Amy Slotnick
      Screenwriter
      Hayden Herrera, Clancy Sigal, Diane Lake, Gregory Nava, Anna Thomas
      Distributor
      Miramax Films
      Production Co
      Ventanarosa Productions, Miramax Films, Handprint Entertainment, Trimark Pictures
      Rating
      R (Nudity|Language|Sexuality)
      Genre
      Biography, Drama
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Theaters)
      Oct 25, 2002, Original
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Oct 11, 2016
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $25.8M
      Sound Mix
      Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
      Aspect Ratio
      Flat (1.85:1)
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