Pollock Critic Reviews

Pollock is confident, insightful work--one of the year's best films.Read the full review

Distinguished by its quiet, intelligent, admirably restrained approach and by two finely wrought performances from Harris and Marcia Gay Harden in the leading roles.Read the full review

Like its subject, Pollock is a messy creation, but one whose depth of commitment and high attack keeps it on track.Read the full review

Stands out among creative bio-pics for an ability to show art being made in a way that's as realistic and exciting as it's ever been on screen.Read the full review

Ed Harris, who plays Pollock and makes his debut as a director - doing both jobs superbly, by the way - is angst incarnate.Read the full review

May be the first movie about a painter to transcend the gushy clichés found in movies that try to unravel the mysteries of artistic creation.Read the full review

Renders the juicy bits of the artist's life in two hours of pulsing highlights that suggest a man who never really had any emotional or psychic downtime.Read the full review

For all the praise that has been heaped upon it, is a quasisatisfying, half realized vision.Read the full review

Several startling depictions of the artist at work make you forget, if only temporarily, the serious shortcomings of the script.Read the full review