Review of Mapplethorpe (2019) by Keith Uhlich for The Hollywood Reporter — 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 96 minutes. But his work, sadly, is continuously undermined by everything surrounding him, beginning with a script, written by Timoner and Mikko Alanne, that frustratingly sticks to the then-this-happened conventions of a standard biopic.
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This review of Mapplethorpe (2019) was written by Keith Uhlich and published by The Hollywood Reporter on 27 Apr 2018.
Mapplethorpe has generally received mixed reviews.
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