Pollock

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Pollock

R,

2000,

1h 58m,

Drama

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79%

110 Reviews

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74%

10,000+ Ratings

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In August 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States? The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew. As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

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Critics Consensus

Though Pollock does not really allow audiences a glimpse of the painter as a person, it does powerfully depict the creative process. Harris throws himself into the role and turns in a compelling performance.

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Joe Morgenstern

Wall Street Journal

Jun 18, 2012

For better and worse, Pollock is an Action Painterly picture, an ambitious work of ambiguous surfaces.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 27, 2010

4/5

Wonderful movie, but for adults and older teens.

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine/Vulture

Sep 26, 2002

Harris as an actor does justice to his long-term passion to play Pollock.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Jun 8, 2024

6/10

A biopic that features stellar performances by Ed Harris and Marcia Gay Harden, but whose surface, unfortunately, has bland moments and advances at a slow pace similar to that of wet painting drying on the canvas surface. [Full review in Spanish]

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Dec 26, 2023

2.5/4

Like too many other like-minded films, it assumes that a historical figure’s insufferable behavior automatically makes him or her a fascinating movie character. But there’s no faulting the performances.

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews

Apr 25, 2013

D+

a plodding glimpse of the latter part of Jackson Pollock's life

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Harry W

Nov 25, 2018

Ed Harris created the best performance of his career. The strength of this film lies entirely on Harris and never fails to deliver. Learning the lengths he went to capture this style is all the more impressive, pure method and training. You can watch this film and see that it is a labour of love, each cast member is rewarded with a character with depth and attention. Harris has moments where he makes the film unbearable to watch, the intensity in his performance is amazing, filmmakers don't normally have this ability, but a actor/director can capture this. I don't understand why it took me so long to final watch this film, but it is easily one of the best films of its era and high on my recommendation list. 24/11/2018.

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George W

Oct 21, 2018

Ed Harris' Pollock represents the latest opportunity for an accomplished thespian to step around to the other side of the camera. In addition to donning the director's cap, Harris also wears a pair of other hats - he is one of the movie's producers and he is also the star. For a production that has been whispered about on the grapevine for years, Pollock turns out to be a bit of a disappointment. In essence, it is an erratically paced, conventional biographical treatment of the life and loves of modernist painter Jackson Pollock, who blew through the New York art scene during the 1940s and 50s before dying in a car crash. A decent biography. (A painter's portrait).

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Leia W

Mar 20, 2017

After the movie hits the 90 minute mark, it starts to lose the charm that it built up in the beginning.

Anakin P

Sep 21, 2007

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

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Synopsis

In August 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States? The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew. As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

Director: Ed Harris
Producer: Fred Berner, Ed Harris, Jon Kilik, James Francis Trezza
Screenwriter: Steven Naifeh, Gregory White Smith, Barbara Turner, Susan Emshwiller
Distributor: Sony Pictures Classics
Production Co: Fred Berner Films, Brant-Allen, Zeke Productions, Pollock Films
Rating: R (Language|Brief Sexuality)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 30, 2000, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.6M
Runtime: 1h 58m
Sound Mix: Surround, Dolby Stereo
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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