Synopsis
A young man arrives at the last hometown of painter Vincent van Gogh to deliver the troubled artist's final letter and ends up investigating his final days there.
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Cast
- Douglas BoothArmand Roulin
- Robert GulaczykVincent van Gogh
- Eleanor TomlinsonAdeline Ravoux
- Helen McCroryLouise Chevalier
- Saoirse RonanMarguerite Gachet
- Chris O'DowdPostman Joseph Roulin
- John SessionsPere Tanguy
- Jerome FlynnPaul Gachet
- Aidan TurnerBoatman
- Holly EarlLa Mousmé
Recommendations
- 80
Variety
Loving Vincent may exist as a showcase for its technique, but it’s the sensitivity the film shows toward its subject that ultimately distinguishes this particular oeuvre from the countless bad copies that already litter the world’s flea markets. - 80
Village Voice
An engrossing exploration of the artist’s final days rendered in his signature painting style. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
The painstaking work done by Kobiela and Welchman to turn some of the artist’s most prized canvases into animated scenes can be impressive to behold. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Beyond explanation is the art itself. Animating Van Gogh’s bold impasto, already kinetic on the canvas, could have been merely superfluous. As moving pictures, though, the brushstrokes have an unexpected pull in this uneven but deeply felt homage. - 67
IndieWire
There’s something ineffably beautiful about such a purehearted folly, even if a Herzogian drama about the making of Loving Vincent might have more to offer than the film does itself. - 63
RogerEbert.com
If you are hungry for dazzling eye candy and don’t mind a less-than-meaty narrative, this might please your palate. - 60
The New York Times
As the story limps and drags, the viewer also becomes accustomed to the images, and astonishment at the film’s innovative, painstaking technique begins to fade. But its charm never quite wears off, for reasons summed up in the title. - 58
Paste Magazine
As stimulating as it is, the animation ends up being more pictorial than expressive—an initially fancy but eventually rather monotonous way to dress up what is ultimately a mundane drag of a detective procedural.
