Rotten Tomatoes
Movies Tv shows RT App News Showtimes

Van Gogh

Play trailer Poster for Van Gogh R 1992 2h 55m Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist Tomatometer Popcornmeter
77% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 67% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
Based on the life of the legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc), this French film focuses on the last few months before his death. The movie details Vincent's close, if volatile, relationship with his brother, Theo (Bernard Le Coq). Also examined are the artist's friendships with his doctor, Paul Gachet (Gérard Séty), and the physician's pretty daughter, Marguerite (Alexandra London), as well as Vincent's late-period work and his creative process.
Watch on Fandango at Home Stream Now

Where to Watch

Van Gogh

Critics Reviews

View More
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 06/02/2022
3/4
Minnelli’s stylistic debt to van Gogh is almost exclusively a matter of expressionism–in his efforts to represent the painter’s emotions through the actors’ performances ... Go to Full Review
Richard Brody The New Yorker 09/07/2015
Maurice Pialat's intense, bleak re-creation of the painter's last days ... Go to Full Review
Oliver Kohn Positif 05/04/2022
Simple confidence makes a deeply moving conclusion. Go to Full Review
Dennis Harvey 48 Hills 04/02/2021
...its low-key nature also brings a strong sense of empathy and authenticity, making this nearly three-hour drama something that brings considerable rewards for the patient viewer. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/26/2020
3.0/4.0
A flawed yet beautiful film. Go to Full Review
Vanessa Letts The Spectator 07/23/2018
Here is a film that is brave enough not to impose drama on a crisis. Go to Full Review
Read all reviews

Audience Reviews

View More
mohammed M. @9mr_0 Feb 8 الفلم حلو. ما لفت انتباهي وخلاني اكمل الفلم هو ان هذا الفلم مختلف عن جميع الافلام الي شهادتها عن هذه الشخصية لم اطلع كثيرا على حياة Van Gogh لكن قراتي عن حياته و الاستماع لسيرته ايضا لم تكن قليله كل هذا كون عندي فكره عن هذه الشخصية مشابه لما تاناولها الفلم . المخرج عبقري سرد الفلم بشكل مختلف عما تقدمه السينما الهوليوديه من تلميع لهذه الشخصية و تحويلها الى اسطوره المخرج على العكس تماما تناوله كانسان عادي بمختلف جوانبه و لم يبحث عن تعاطف من المشاهد بالعكس الكامره كانت تتحرك كمراقب للاحداث فقط لم تجعل المشاهد يتفاعل مع الفلم بل يراقب ما يحصل امامه و لم يجعل موثرات موسيقية او بصرية لتشوه حكم المشاهد بل نقل الصورة كما هي و هذا ينقلنا الى جانب حلو في الفلم هو المشاهد الطويلة و تحرك الكامره السلس مع المشهد . التصوير كان رائع في و متماشي مع احداث الفلم كل شيء طبيعي من الوان و اضائه لم يكن هناك شيء يلفت نظر المشاهد المخرج جعل المشاهد فقط يسمع ويرى بدون اي تاثير . الموسيقى كانت جيده و محدده لم تكن في مستمره في جميع مشاهد الفلم هناك مشاهد موسيقيه محدده لم تاثر على الحوارات و الصوره استخدمها المخرج بشكل متزن . الممثلين ادائهم عادي لم يكن هناك شيء مميز في اي ممثل اداءهم طبيعي لم تكل هناك انفعالات واداء مبالغ به او اوفر ولم يكن هناك ايضا تمثيل اسطوري التمثيل عادي جدا كانك تراقب حياة انسان . الشعور بالملل عند مشاهدة الفيلم هذا شيء طبيعي الفلم لا توجد به احداث مثيره و لا تطورات خطيرة الفلم يسرد بشكل خطي و يريدك ان تراقب فقط منذ اللحظه الاولى ستشعر ان المخرج يحاول عزلك عن اي تعاطف او تفاعل مع الفلم فقط راقب الاحداث و كما قلت ان هذه الرواية تتناسب مع وجهة تظري عن Van gogh See more 07/11/2022 Was ment to be slow and authentically calm photographed, but was just incredibly boring. See more mauro l @Mauro_Lanari 05/05/2019 For three consecutive films ("A Nos Amours", 1983; "Police", 1985; "Under the Sun of Satan", 1987) Pialat proved to be one of the best directors in the history of cinema. Extraordinarily unmistakable style for the abductive unpredictability, and at the same time emotionally intense, overwhelming, passionate. This time, however, he reaches the breaking point and yields to nihilism by sinking into it. "Van Gogh" is a pretext to talk about his "malheur" in which everything has become senseless and therefore interchangeable, a suicide as much as a removed blackhead, love as much as prostitution, a true madman as much as social hypocrisy. But 158 minutes of omnipervasive behavioral bipolarity, indifference and apathy are humanly unsustainable. Perhaps Bresson, between "Le Diable probablement" ("The Devil Probably", 1977) and "L'argent" ("Money", 1983), had managed to stop earlier. (Mauro Lanari) See more 12/12/2016 Educational sans melodramatic. Nobody understood the man and his doctor was useless. No wonder he got a smack from Vincent on his deathbed. He was surrounded by a lot of caring people who knew he was a genius but didn't want to buy his art. The film cares too, while similarly doesn't understand or buy into his output. A work of genius in itself. Sublime to the senses. I foregoed (?) my trip to the cinema for this and wasn't disappointed. Not for one second. It's living inside of me and is most welcome. Now I have to see all of Pialat's output... See more 06/25/2013 The greatest and most honest portrait of the great painter Van Gogh. The leisurely pace adds to the realism and Pialat makes his famous subject very human and contemplative. The film is tender, honest and profound in the best and most subtle way. See more 03/15/2013 A HYMN TO PERSISTANCE FOR ART See more Read all reviews
Van Gogh

My Rating

Read More Read Less POST RATING WRITE A REVIEW EDIT REVIEW
Surviving Picasso 33% 60% Surviving Picasso Watchlist Camille Claudel 90% 88% Camille Claudel Watchlist Basquiat 67% 77% Basquiat Watchlist I Shot Andy Warhol 77% 70% I Shot Andy Warhol Watchlist An Angel at My Table 96% 90% An Angel at My Table Watchlist Discover more movies and TV shows. View More

Movie Info

Synopsis Based on the life of the legendary Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (Jacques Dutronc), this French film focuses on the last few months before his death. The movie details Vincent's close, if volatile, relationship with his brother, Theo (Bernard Le Coq). Also examined are the artist's friendships with his doctor, Paul Gachet (Gérard Séty), and the physician's pretty daughter, Marguerite (Alexandra London), as well as Vincent's late-period work and his creative process.
Director
Maurice Pialat
Distributor
Sony Pictures Classics
Rating
R
Genre
Biography
Original Language
Canadian French
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 30, 1992, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$5.2K
Runtime
2h 55m
Sound Mix
Dolby A
Most Popular at Home Now