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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenJacques Doillon's shrewd ellipses emphasize time as a great and uniting humbler and thief, allowing stray moments to suddenly crystallize unexpressed yearnings.
- 50Screen DailyAllan HunterScreen DailyAllan HunterThere is never any doubting Doillon’s sincerity or artistry but his film is overly cerebral, unfolding in a series of encounters that fade to black and never build a dramatic momentum.
- 40VarietyJay WeissbergVarietyJay WeissbergRodin is a meticulously reverential, handsomely lit and very dull biopic.
- 40Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe real Rodin imbued his clay with reverent, lusty life, while Doillon merely offers a buffet of nude day players.
- 40Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleIt’s a movie that already seems like a dust-gathered statue, rather than something vividly, imaginatively crafted to reflect the burning intensity of so passionate and forward-minded an artist.
- 40The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergSigns of life are few. A desaturated palette makes Rodin as monotonous to look at as it is to endure.
- 33The Film StageJordan RuimyThe Film StageJordan RuimyDoillon tries to dramatize Rodin, but makes it seem as if there wasn’t much drama to his story.
- 30The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerFor a film meant to champion the powers of three-dimensional art, Rodin winds up being awfully flat.
- 20CineVueJohn BleasdaleCineVueJohn BleasdaleSculpture is the art of turning lifeless stone into something that looks alive, flesh, living bodies and movement. Jacques Doillon's Rodin, in competition at Cannes, does precisely the opposite, turning living beings - passionate artists, no less - into lumps of lifeless clay.
- 20The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIt is bloated with all the artist cliches, but freighted with mind-blowing dullness and joylessness.