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By Rafer Guzman (1,080) for Newsday (2,345) on 09 Jul 2009

It's also a comforting story that allows us to elevate the notion of purity above success…

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By Stanley Kauffmann (447) for The New Republic (897) on 23 Jun 2009

Provost has made a picture that is almost biblical in its simplicity and its passion…

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By Robert Davis (91) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 18 Jun 2009

During the film I craved energy, but by the end I realized that I just wanted a story that stood a bit closer to its interesting, well-played…

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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 Jun 2009

It explains nothing but feels everything…

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By John P. Mccarthy (315) for Boxoffice Magazine (2,896) on 11 Jun 2009

A list of the striking images that Provost composes would be long and enticing, even though words cannot do them or the movie justice…

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By Nora Lee Mandel (401) for Film-Forward.com (768) on 09 Jun 2009

Beyond a must for those interested in art and women's history are Moreau's brilliant performance, Brunet's luscious cinematography and Galasso's…

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By Bob Mondello (417) for NPR (1,713) on 09 Jun 2009

Writer-director Martin Provost tells much of Seraphine's true-life story without words, lingering here on the process by which she makes paints,…

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By Andrew Sarris (502) for New York Observer (1,400) on 09 Jun 2009

The film is a commendably worthy endeavor, and I am almost ashamed that my ingrained hedonistic attitude toward movies prevents me from recommending…

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By Avi Offer (997) for NYC Movie Guru (997) on 05 Jun 2009

Boasts a raw and convincing performance by Yolande Moreau along with exquisite cinematography, but it often drags and suffers from lack of…

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By Fr. Chris Carpenter (308) for Movie Dearest (271) on 04 Jun 2009

As the works of Seraphine the artist have stood the test of time and grown in value, I expect this account of her little-known life to do the same…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 04 Jun 2009

What makes Seraphine, directed and co-written by Martin Provost, so exceptional is that it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject…

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By V.a. Musetto (698) for New York Post (6,650) on 04 Jun 2009

French filmmaker Martin Provost's fictionalized biopic Séraphine introduces the painter to generations that never knew her…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 04 Jun 2009

The mystery of Séraphine de Senlis -- who died in a mental hospital in 1942 and whose work survives in some of the world’s leading museums…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for AV Club (2,778) on 03 Jun 2009

Séraphine is far more powerful when it lingers on Louis at work…

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By Paul Brenner (45) for Filmcritic.com (3,164) on 03 Jun 2009

If the French town of Senlis really looks like Provost's beautiful and painterly world as he depicts it in Séraphine, no wonder Séraphine…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out Chicago (129) on 02 Jun 2009

Like Amadeus, Séraphine wants to get its hands dirty with the work itself…

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By Armond White (604) for New York Press (561) on 02 Jun 2009

Next to Demme's expressionism and Troell's realism, Provost's good film is banal…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 31 May 2009

Séraphine is one of the most evocative films about an artist I've ever seen--and in its treatment of madness one of the least condescending…

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By Maria Garcia (194) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 19 May 2009

Yolande Moreau captures both the purposeful, single-minded woman who does other people's laundry to support her painting, and Séraphine de…

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