Review of Lust for Life (1956) by Joseph H — 03 Apr 2012

An Absoultly amazing film ! One of my Favorites ! I would highley recomend it !

This review of Lust for Life (1956) was written by Joseph H on 03 Apr 2012.

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By Tim L (543) on 22 Feb 2010

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The Best Actor Oscar that year went to Yul Brynner for his broad emoting in The King and I, but Douglas -- in one of the defining performances…

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By Anuj S (107) on 05 Aug 2015

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By Marilee A (711) on 24 Oct 2011

When you deal with van Gogh, you deal with passion. This is the only movie about him who has that…

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By Art S (1,002) on 04 Jun 2017

Kirk Douglas takes a star turn as Vincent Van Gogh and there's a whole lot of emoting going on…

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Very Hollywood in tone and style, but not a very Hollywood storyline…

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By Joel A (1,152) on 09 Oct 2012

A fascinating & turbulent biopic of the legendary painter Vincent Van Gogh…

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By Alex Von Tunzelmann (14) for The Guardian (2,969) on 09 Oct 2011

A watchable biopic, backed up with excellent historical research…

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By Justin D (418) on 11 Dec 2016

I identify with the struggles of Van Gogh upon watching this movie…

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By Jeff P (647) on 24 May 2018

This is an amazingly accurate and beautiful biographical picture produced by and starring Kirk Douglas…

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