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6.8 Final Portrait
Drama, Documentary, Art House & International
FINAL PORTRAIT is the story of the touching and offbeat friendship between American writer and art-lover James Lord and Alberto Giacometti, as seen through Lord's eyes and revealing unique insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and sometimes the chaos of the artistic process. Set in 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, Lord is asked by his friend, Giacometti, to sit for a portrait. The process, promises Giacometti, will take only a few days and so Lord agrees -ultimately wondering "how much longer can it go on like this?"
Rating
R (for language, some sexual references and nudity)
Director
Stanley Tucci
Studio
Sony Pictures Classics
Writer
Stanley Tucci
  • its agonizing to watch the creative process...Armie Hammer's role was a total throw-away. Not a movie you want to watch again, but the Giacometti signature is all over the painting by the end of the film.
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  • As a movie this was disjointed and slow moving as it should have been. The film was a true reflection of the artist and the man that was Giacometti. For an art lover, it may be seen as insight into one mans creative process. To me it was tedious and dull.Geoffrey Rush was very good and Tucci competent but the result was less than entertaining.
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  • Just about the time I thought it was getting slow, there was a montage! Perfect!
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  • gOOD, ALMOST TOO GOOD
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  • An interesting portrait about the painter Giacometti at the end of his life, when he painted his last painting before he died. It is curious to see their crises, their insecurities and dissatisfactions in the act of creating. And Geoffrey Rush is very well in the role of the painter while creating an interesting relationship with the character of Armie Hammer.
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  • If you're left unsatisfied with this movie, I wouldn't blame you. FINAL PORTAIT is not the type of film everyone is going to enjoy. You can sit through it waiting for something to happen and never be fulfilled, and that's completely understandable. Not much goes on in this movie. There's barely even a story. But as a quirky character study of an even quirkier man, it's quite delightful to watch unfold.Full review is now up on Salty Popcorn.
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  • What a story, I found the movie,so funny. That portrait should take 2-3 hours,instead of that ,takes 18 days ,ha,ha,ha... like a brain surgery,brilliant
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