Review of Basquiat (1996) by Rick Groen for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) — 08 Dec 2010
Well, the movie suffers slightly from that tendency -- the portrait shows definite signs of airbrushing. But it's rendered with enough intelligence, and performed with sufficient grace, to offer us an occasionally compelling, curiously upbeat look behind the lacquered image and into the complicated self.
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This review of Basquiat (1996) was written by Rick Groen and published by The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on 08 Dec 2010.
Basquiat has generally received positive reviews.
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