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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 20 Nov 2018

I’m not a fan of Schnabel’s paintings, but I think he’s a born film painter, and even if At Eternity’s Gate doesn’t reliably cross…

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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 20 Nov 2018

Schnabel tries to re-create van Gogh’s inner workings during the intense last two years of his life — his point of view and his way of…

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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 20 Nov 2018

Dafoe’s Vincent is a tormented, almost childlike soul who is never comfortable in his own skin, and veers from being monumentally needy to…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 20 Nov 2018

Dafoe's elegiac quality hints at why the artist was ahead of his time: because he saw more than anyone else could…

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By Jordan Ruimy (242) for World of Reel (117) on 20 Nov 2018

The film's eloquence derives in Schnabel's fascination with the torment Van Gogh went through, and the undue respect the impressionist painter…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 20 Nov 2018

Dafoe's elegiac quality hints at why the artist was ahead of his time: because he saw more than anyone else could…

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By Norman Wilner (961) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 20 Nov 2018

At Eternity's Gate is not the first film to dramatize the final years in the life of Vincent Van Gogh, and it won't be the last…

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By Michael O'sullivan (1,712) for Washington Post (9,851) on 20 Nov 2018

Much like the painter, who died without the recognition he deserved, the movie approaches greatness without quite achieving it…

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By Caryn James (352) for BBC.com (1,500) on 19 Nov 2018

Willem Dafoe's magnificent performance captures every bit of the artist's complexity in Julian Schnabel's At Eternity's Gate…

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By Barbara Vandenburgh (315) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 19 Nov 2018

Dafoe might not make logical sense in the role, but he commands it, his demon-haunted eyes communicating the artist's inner turmoil during…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 19 Nov 2018

Dafoe never begs for attention or sympathy; he’s there, like the seasoned, craftsmanlike actor he is, as a conduit and a sort of medium…

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By Tomris Laffly (460) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Nov 2018

An incomplete exercise that lacks crucial emotional brushstrokes despite a rich palette and a piano-heavy score, At Eternity’s Gate still…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Denver Westword (26) on 19 Nov 2018

At Eternity's Gate is committed to what its subject saw - how its subject saw - rather than just how commandingly its star reels through his…

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By Walter Addiego (380) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 18 Nov 2018

In At Eternity’s Gate, Dafoe often works in silence, but tells us everything we need to know with his face and eyes…

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By Daniel Nava (97) for Chicago Cinema Circuit (97) on 18 Nov 2018

an odd conglomeration of lush, Malick-esque imagery compounded by frequent, and frankly tiresome, tête-à-têtes…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 17 Nov 2018

Willem Dafoe's performance is great butAt Eternity's Gate isn't without headache-inducing decisions that serve to hurt the film's purpose…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 16 Nov 2018

a cumulatively thoughtful and persuasive abstract portrait, thanks in large part to Dafoe's affecting portrayal…

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By Scott Nye (12) for Battleship Pretension (71) on 16 Nov 2018

The film is uniquely incurious about Van Gogh himself beyond the myth of what he represents, which is the last quality we need in a Van Gogh…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 16 Nov 2018

One of the great achievements of this movie is that, in the end, Van Gogh’s words enter into our soul with the same force as the paintings…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 16 Nov 2018

It’s an impressionistic film, concerned more with the atmosphere around genius than explaining it away…

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