Synopsis
The passionate Merchant-Ivory drama tells the story of Francoise Gilot, the only lover of Pablo Picasso who was strong enough to withstand his ferocious cruelty and move on with her life.
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Cast
- Anthony HopkinsPablo Picasso
- Natascha McElhoneFrançoise Gilot
- Julianne MooreDora Maar
- Joss AcklandHenri Matisse
- Joan PlowrightFrançoise's Grandmother
- Dennis BoutsikarisKootz
- Peter EyreSabartes
- Peter GeretyMarcel
- Susannah HarkerMarie-Therese
- Jane LapotaireOlga Picasso
Recommendations
- 80
The New York Times
Freed from the slavishness of most authorized biography, the film makers try bold strokes. - 75
San Francisco Chronicle
An absorbing look at emotional tyranny, with a great screenplay by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Cool, assured, emotionally remote, Merchant Ivory's Surviving Picasso is never less than watchable, but it's also a cinematic paradox, a movie that works to capture Picasso from every angle yet somehow misses the fire in his belly. - 70
Variety
Latest Merchant Ivory production (produced with David Wolper) is a winner in spite of relatively modern look to the film. - 70
Los Angeles Times
Surviving Picasso is quite well made and easy enough to watch, but it's not noticeably challenging or involving. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
The movie breaks down into anecdotes that don't flow or build, and everything is narrated by the Gilot character. - 50
San Francisco Examiner
A big, silly movie about the famed goatish painter that stars the nearly perfect Anthony Hopkins. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
This movie is a dreary endurance test.
