Hockney

2014

1 hr. 52 min.

Documentary

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85%

48 Reviews

Tomatometer

67%

250+ Ratings

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The life and work of Bradford born artist David Hockney.

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Critics Consensus

Hockney offers few revelations for viewers familiar with its subject, but it remains an affectionate and thoroughly entertaining look at a British national treasure.

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Audience Member

Hockney is a great artist and this movie gives you some insight in to the artist and his work. The movie itself is kind of boring (2 stars) but I'll give it a bonus star because his artwork is very good.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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I guess it's fitting that an artist's story would be told mostly in art, pictures, and video. It helps prop up an otherwise uninspired documentary. Listening to his friends talk about David Hockney there isn't much that is inspiring about him. Nearly the entire two hours is quite surface. His art is wonderful, and by all accounts he appears to be a nice man, but I didn't need to sit through this and neither do you. For Hockney fans only and even they may not learn anything about the subject. Final Score: 4.3/10

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed much of the film and found it visually beautiful. However, I found it agonizingly long during the last 20 minutes or so. It could have benefitted from serious editing and perhaps a sharper focus on certain aspects of Hockney's life and work.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Wow. Great original footage shot by David in super8.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Audience Member

Fascinating! I learned so much about art and depicting time and space. He is a modern master.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/14/23

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Audience Member

What an unbelievable talent. Just watching this has made me in awe of this artist even more... The amount of different media he has used over the years... The concepts and ideas he has frivolously toyed with... Talent of extraordinary proportions. Fascinating documentary & very real.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Randall Wright

Director

David Hockney

Actor

Arthur Lambert

Actor

Colin Self

Actor

Don Bachardy

Actor

Celia Birtwell

Actor

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Pat Padua

Washington Post

Despite ... sometimes dizzying artistic mood swings, "Hockney" remains grounded in the people and places that shaped the artist and his art.

Rated: 3/4

Jun 2, 2016

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Matthew Lickona

San Diego Reader

It takes nearly an hour before anyone discusses anything conceptual, but what comes before is sufficiently entertaining, and what comes after, sufficiently illuminating.

Rated: 2/5

May 27, 2016

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

The finished feature works well as a Hockney primer, but it's nothing we haven't seen before in the many TV documentaries made about the same artist over the years.

Rated: 3/5

May 26, 2016

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Steve Cruz

OUT FRONT Magazine (Denver)

A smart and endearing watch that deftly avoids gushing or being precious.

May 9, 2023

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David-Elijah Nahmod

Bay Area Reporter

A loving look inside the private life of a man who always remained true to himself and his art.

Jun 10, 2020

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Michael J. Casey

Boulder Weekly

Hockney is a work of artistic portraiture, one that is as refreshing and enjoyable as a spring breeze.

Aug 6, 2019

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Synopsis

The life and work of Bradford born artist David Hockney.

Director: Randall Wright
Executive Producer: Mark Bell, Denys Blakeway, Christian Eisenbeiss, Lizzie Francke
Production Co: Green Narae Media Co
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 10, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA): $120.4K

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