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By Lena Wilson (121) for Slate (2,081) on 07 May 2018

This zoetrope-esque blurring ultimately lends Mapplethorpe its edge, as audiences will feel unable to tear themselves away from its protagonist's…

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By John Fink (368) for The Film Stage (3,162) on 02 May 2018

Fronted by a fine performance by Matt Smith, Mapplethorpe plays it safe with a subject that’s anything but…

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By David D'arcy (130) for Screen Daily (1,021) on 27 Apr 2018

The 12-year project – commissioned by the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation – is evidence that Timoner, who made documentaries before, can…

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By Dan Callahan (211) for TheWrap (3,203) on 27 Apr 2018

Even if budgetary restraints sometimes keep Timoner from fully capturing the time she is re-creating, nothing holds Smith back from making…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 27 Apr 2018

To rob Mapplethorpe of his controversy is to strip the movie of its dramatic conflict…

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By Keith Uhlich (870) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 27 Apr 2018

This is, in abstract, a bold and brilliant performance, an act of possession, really, and Smith never personally steps wrong in the film’s…

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By David Ehrlich (1,229) for indieWire (3,631) on 23 Apr 2018

This runaway train of a biopic renders an iconoclast in the most generic of terms, straining Mapplethorpe’s brief life into a series of bullet-points…

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