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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttGarcia has his moments as a wild man but the script never really allows him to plumb the artist's emotional depths.
- 50VarietyLisa NesselsonVarietyLisa NesselsonCan't overcome a didactic script.
- 42Entertainment WeeklyScott BrownEntertainment WeeklyScott BrownThe lushness of a Modigliani is largely absent from Modigliani.
- 38New York Daily NewsJami BernardNew York Daily NewsJami BernardIt's hard to take this oddball movie seriously.
- 30L.A. WeeklyKim MorganL.A. WeeklyKim MorganA tiresome, hammy and ultimately annoying portrait of the artist as a young drunk.
- 25New York PostNew York PostAn Iranian comedian named Omad Djalili plays Picasso, that sexually combustible Spanish bull, with all the earth-shaking allure of, say, Andy Richter.
- 20Los Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoLos Angeles TimesCarina ChocanoDeeply silly and tendentious.
- 20Village VoiceVillage VoiceSadly, instead of situating the l'amour fou in the artistic ferment of the period (1917-1920), Davis twists the period to fit the story.
- 10The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe best and maybe the only use to be made of the catastrophic screen biography Modigliani is to serve as a textbook outline of how not to film the life of a legendary artist.