2002 · drama · biopic
Frida
Directed by Julie Taymor2h 3m2002
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Our read: Frida (2002) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive drama · biopic entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Neutral, kinetic, measured drama / biopic, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- brisk
- intense
- inventive
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