Review of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) by Micah B — 07 Sep 2013

Not sure I want to see it but Rebecca recommended it.

This review of Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (2010) was written by Micah B on 07 Sep 2013.

Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 04 Jul 2017

It doesn't dip much below the surface, but Tamra Davis' biography of her friend Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died in 1988, offers an informative…

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By Michael B (2,768) on 31 Oct 2011

Moving documentary about the brightest star of the 1980s art world…

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By Miguel A (296) on 02 Dec 2013

My favorite movie of all time. Very inspirational and informative. Correctly focused more on the art than on the person…

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By Samuel Y (36) on 20 Mar 2013

Beautiful movie , captured every detail through out the young Jeans life ... brilliant…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 Sep 2010

When you see J-M's works next to Da Vinci, Picasso and Grey's Anatomy, you can see their influence, but their ideas take on new tone, texture…

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By Sam M (1,488) on 15 Dec 2012

The doc is very conventional, the real substance comes from a diverse collection of interviews, none of which wastes any screen time…

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By Keith O (202) on 22 Oct 2010

A fittingly human retrospective. like that fat girl at the end of mean girls, I now too just have a lot of feelings…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 07 Sep 2010

Fame ultimately wore him down, but we can see Basquiat's influence all around us, on factory walls, in museums, and in Ms. Davis' adoring doc…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 17 Aug 2014

It places Basquiat's art in a cultural context with an enthusiasm and zest that make the many pictures shown come blazingly alive…

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By Melissa Anderson (387) for Village Voice (8,525) on 25 Sep 2016

Her (Davis) homage--tender, never hagiographic--also contains some biting analysis of the racism, both overt and insidious, that the artist…

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