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Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
The real Rodin imbued his clay with reverent, lusty life, while Doillon merely offers a buffet of nude day players.
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What are critics saying?
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Screen International by Allan Hunter
There is never any doubting Doillon’s sincerity or artistry but his film is overly cerebral, unfolding in a series of encounters that fade to black and never build a dramatic momentum.
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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg
Signs of life are few. A desaturated palette makes Rodin as monotonous to look at as it is to endure.
75
Jacques Doillon's shrewd ellipses emphasize time as a great and uniting humbler and thief, allowing stray moments to suddenly crystallize unexpressed yearnings.
40
Rodin is a meticulously reverential, handsomely lit and very dull biopic.
20
Sculpture is the art of turning lifeless stone into something that looks alive, flesh, living bodies and movement. Jacques Doillon's Rodin, in competition at Cannes, does precisely the opposite, turning living beings - passionate artists, no less - into lumps of lifeless clay.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Jordan Mintzer
For a film meant to champion the powers of three-dimensional art, Rodin winds up being awfully flat.
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The Film Stage by Jordan Ruimy
Doillon tries to dramatize Rodin, but makes it seem as if there wasn’t much drama to his story.
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The Guardian by Peter Bradshaw
It is bloated with all the artist cliches, but freighted with mind-blowing dullness and joylessness.
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Los Angeles Times by Robert Abele
It’s a movie that already seems like a dust-gathered statue, rather than something vividly, imaginatively crafted to reflect the burning intensity of so passionate and forward-minded an artist.