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Mapplethorpe

Released Mar 1, 2019 1h 42m Biography Drama LGBTQ+ TRAILER for Mapplethorpe: Trailer 1 List
34% Tomatometer 56 Reviews 53% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings
A chronicle of the career of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his death in 1989 at the age of 42. Read More Read Less
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Mapplethorpe's conventional biopic approach to a decidedly unconventional artist undermines its efforts to convey the gifts that made its subject special.

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Marissa De La Cerda Chicago Reader Another entry in the list of biopics (like Bohemian Rhapsody) that reduce the career of an iconoclast to a formulaic biopic that refuses to scratch beneath the surface. Mar 10, 2020 Full Review Matthew Lickona San Diego Reader How do you hew so close to biopic conventions -a dutiful recitation of this event happened, this fame arrived, that tragedy struck, etc - when you're dealing with an artist whose whole raison d'etre was finding beauty at the extreme edges of things? Rated: 0/5 Mar 22, 2019 Full Review Mark Jenkins Washington Post If the new biopic "Mapplethorpe" presents this transgressive vision is vivid detail - and it does - that's only because it includes so many of Mapplethorpe's pictures. Everything else in the film is timid and pedestrian. Rated: 1.5/4 Mar 13, 2019 Full Review Brian T. Carney Washington Blade ...for anyone who’s not familiar with Mapplethorpe’s life and work, the film is a great introduction to this recent queer hero. Dec 7, 2022 Full Review Michael Cuby them. Mapplethorpe is a compelling look at one of our nation’s most enduringly controversial provocateurs. Nov 1, 2022 Full Review Ben Turner The Pink Lens exploring the psychology of one of the most challenging photographers in history makes for fairly interesting viewing, even if its execution is about as artistic as an Argos catalogue. Rated: 3/5 Sep 1, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen M Took me to the era Good to see the past being well represented Rated 4 out of 5 stars 06/11/23 Full Review Laura D Engrossing. 1970s NYC, Patti Smith, the Chelsea. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/06/23 Full Review Bruce M Not as bad as i thought it would be Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/27/22 Full Review william k Perfunctorily well-made biographical drama with a good cast illustrates Robert Mapplethorpe's life and career, but never quite captures the enigma of his personality. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Matt Smith is extraordinary in this biopic of the controversial photographer. It is a full on sex, drugs and rock and roll story set against the dizzying background of New York in the 1970s and 1980s and the movie really confronts the nature of Mapplethorpe's work. If you have ever seen his photographs and wondered about the man behind the lens, you need to see this film. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member The writer & director cowered at the opportunity a movie about Mapplethorpe gave them. While I commend the filmmakers for not flinching in showing some of Mapplethorpe’s work, this biopic is as bland as I heated chicken broth. How can you make a movie about such an icon and have so little to share about his life, method and motivation. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/07/20 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A chronicle of the career of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his death in 1989 at the age of 42.
Director
Ondi Timoner
Producer
Richard J. Bosner, Eliza Dushku, Nate Dushku, Ondi Timoner
Screenwriter
Ondi Timoner, Mikko Alanne
Distributor
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Production Co
Interloper Films, Boston Diva Productions
Genre
Biography, Drama, LGBTQ+
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 1, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jun 6, 2019
Box Office (Gross USA)
$91.0K
Runtime
1h 42m
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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