2016 · biopic · drama · art
Maudie
Directed by Aisling Walsh1h 55m2016
Canadian folk artist Maud Lewis falls in love with a fishmonger while working for him as a live-in housekeeper.
Our read: Maudie (2016) reads as a neutral, steady, grounded biopic · drama · art entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured biopic / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- tender
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