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38 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertSometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite, but sometimes it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did, too.
- 80Washington PostStephen HunterWashington PostStephen HunterEndlessly interesting. It's about people who thought ideas and art mattered, which makes it a rarity today.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanSwank and splashy as it is, Frida leaves the lurking suspicion that Taymor might have preferred to stage her pageant as a puppet show.
- 70SlateDavid EdelsteinSlateDavid EdelsteinIf you want rich folk-art colors, brainy spectacle, and breezy soap opera, then Frida is the biopic for you.
- 67Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovAs directed by Taymor, it's a competent and nicely designed biopic that for all of the director's attempts to link surrealist film imagery with Hayek's depiction of Kahlo somehow manages to be generally lackluster.
- 63USA TodayClaudia PuigUSA TodayClaudia PuigIt's too bad that this long-awaited movie didn't go further than faithfully re-creating Kahlo's artwork and her studied look. Her passionate and tragically short life (she died at 47) is ideal Hollywood material, but the audience is left wanting a more in-depth portrait.
- 60The New YorkerDavid DenbyThe New YorkerDavid DenbySmart, willful, and perverse, this Frida is nobody's servant, and the tiny Hayek plays her with head held high. You may want to laugh now and then, but you won't look away. [11 November 2002, p. 195]
- 60Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonUltimately, the movie's biggest crime is its inability to convey the delicate, damaged texture of Kahlo's life, but also the triumph of her will over intimidating defeat.
- 50Los Angeles TimesManohla DargisLos Angeles TimesManohla Dargis(Hayek's) performance is far from a disgrace, but it lacks gravitas and soul, a sense of passionate purpose, a hint of obsession. The best Hayek can do with her lovely face is cloud it with worry, but the face of Frida Kahlo demands anguish.
- 50Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversHamstrung by a script that seems determined to stop at all the big moments in Frida's life (she died in 1954 at age forty-seven) without giving anything time to resonate.