Inside the Mind of Leonardo

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Inside the Mind of Leonardo

2013

1h 25m

Documentary

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The mindscape and ideas of the polymath told directly from his notes and journals.

Michael O'Sullivan

Washington Post

Not quite documentary, yet by no means drama, "Inside the Mind of Leonardo" is what might be called poetic biography: maddeningly fragmentary and idiosyncratic, but 100 percent true.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 1, 2015

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Jay Weissberg

Variety

Animating his drawings makes him more child's cartoonist than incomparable draughtsman, and Peter Capaldi's modern-dress impersonation has a gratuitously histrionic intensity.

Dec 22, 2014

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Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

Though billed as a 3-D experience, "Leonardo" is flat in more ways than one.

Dec 18, 2014

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Joe Bendel

Epoch Times

Works quite well when it really does go inside-either into da Vinci's chambers or into the pages of his notebooks.

Rated: 3/5

Jun 3, 2016

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Austin Trunick

Under the Radar

The movie is less about telling us what Da Vinci achieved and how, but attempting to figure out why he did what he did.

Rated: 6/10

Dec 21, 2014

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Mark R. Leeper

Mark Leeper's Reviews

captivating and compelling

Rated: 7/10

Dec 19, 2014

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Slim G

It was a great decision to have Peter Capaldi play the role of DaVinci, love this!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/11/23

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Audience Member

This was self indulgent and amateurish, tantamount to a 9th grader's video essay. The intrusions of modernity were jarring. This contributes absolutely nothing more (and possibly quite a bit less) than a child's report. There is so little here: a rumination about flight, the nature of water, Leonardo's concept of himself as special. There is no revelation about the man's internal landscape. There is little discussion of his work or achievements. The most striking idea here is how little Leonardo actually accomplished. Those in search of information on Leonardo would do far better to watch a PBS or History Channel biography. Skip this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Julian Jones

Director

Peter Capaldi

Leonardo Da Vinci

Nick Dear

Screenwriter

Julian Jones

Screenwriter

Julian P. Hobbs

Producer

Kim Gaboury

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Synopsis

The mindscape and ideas of the polymath told directly from his notes and journals.

Director: Julian Jones
Producer: Julian P. Hobbs
Screenwriter: Nick Dear, Julian Jones
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Box Office (Gross USA): $10.6K
Runtime: 1h 25m