Finding Vivian Maier never does not reveal much about the inner life of the woman at the center of the story, but it does a solid job of its more important mission: bringing Maier's rarely seen work to light.

| Jan 20, 2021

This is a film that starts out being about an unknown artist and ends up being about something more complex and challenging: a person.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2014

Maier's life tells us one thing: great photographers always show themselves in their work, even if they never show their work.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 6, 2014

A fascinating story which continues to raise more questions than it answers.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 20, 2014

Finding Vivian Maier is a tantalising and utterly fascinating film but one which can't ever quite explain the mystery of Maier.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2014

Finding Vivian Maier is not without its frustrations. And that, we suspect, is exactly what she would have wanted.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 18, 2014

Finding Vivian Maier is one of those fascinating documentaries that unearths an unknown artist and in a slow reveal creates a tantalising and ambiguous picture of the "missing" person.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Although Ms Maier (or Ms Mayer, or Ms Meyer, or even Ms Smith, depending on what name she was using at the time) remains an enigma, there is still plenty in this film to keep you planted in your seat.

| Jul 17, 2014

This is a fascinating study.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 17, 2014

An intriguing look at a lost voice.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Downbeat and inconclusive, but likeable all the same.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 17, 2014

The life intrigues; the art endures.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jul 17, 2014

Nothing, and no one, makes a better case for the unveiling of Maier's work than her pictures themselves.

| Jul 17, 2014

Every time one of her photos flashes on the screen, the woman's genius is undeniable.

| Original Score: B | May 2, 2014

A portrait of an American artist hiding in plain sight, a mystery with too few clues, and a sincere inquiry into how best to divine the wishes of the dead.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | May 1, 2014

A film that leaves a large part of its subject's mystery gratifyingly intact.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 24, 2014

The holes in the story are papered over with such beautiful photographs that few viewers could complain.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Apr 24, 2014

This is an amazing tale, and Maloof has labored mightily to flesh it out. He's almost as odd as Maier was.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Apr 17, 2014

Through dogged research and interviews with the (now-grown) children Maier cared for, along with their parents (including Phil Donahue), a profile emerges, and it's fascinating.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 17, 2014

Finding Vivian Maier is a find in more ways than one.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 11, 2014