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Séraphine Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 5.0
    84

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Universal acclaim
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    It "explains" nothing but feels everything. It reminds me of two other films: Bresson's "Mouchette," about a poor girl victimized by a village, and Karen Gehre's "Begging Naked," shown at Ebertfest this year, about a woman whose art is prized even as she lives in Central Park.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    What makes Seraphine, directed and co-written by Martin Provost, so exceptional is that it neither condescends to nor romanticizes its subject.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times A.O. Scott

    The mystery of Sraphine de Senlis -- who died in a mental hospital in 1942 and whose work survives in some of the world's leading museums -- is left intact at the end of Sraphine. Rather than trying to explain Sraphine, the film accepts her.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Variety Eddie Cockrell

    An extraordinary performance by vet thesp Yolande Moreau in the title role.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck

    Moving historical drama brings a fascinating chapter of art history to life.

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  • 91

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly

    Moreau is bewitching -- she simply breathes her role, without a hint of vanity.

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4

Seraphine by Rich S
A beautifully photographed fim and sensitively told story of the modern painter Seraphine de Senlis. The leads were well cast with Moreau and Turkur, portaying inward turned artist and conflicted art dealer respectively. The dialoque in French and in German is almost musical. The film's sound effects are captivating emphasizing Seraphine's perspective aurally as well as visually.Her pintings become more and more "in your face" as she simultaneously becomes more liberated due to some artistic recognition and her grip on reality is loosened as she enters the world she herself describes in the statement; "when I look at what I have done, it scares me". The story and its enactment will likely stay with you for hours or days after it is viewed.

5

by jkustes

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