For better and worse, Pollock is an Action Painterly picture, an ambitious work of ambiguous surfaces.

| Jun 18, 2012

Wonderful movie, but for adults and older teens.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 27, 2010

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2003

Harris as an actor does justice to his long-term passion to play Pollock.

Full Review | Sep 26, 2002

It tracks a mythology of creativity which runs from Caravaggio to Patti Smith, and is running still, unended.

| Aug 8, 2002

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 22, 2002

A highly personal, rigorous, and thoughtful analysis of a truly troubled genius.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 16, 2001

That rare breed, a biopic that makes you want to learn more about its subject, as much as you can, as fast as you can.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 9, 2001

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 9, 2001

| Original Score: B- | Mar 23, 2001

That altogether rare movie about an artist that works because it takes the art itself for granted.

Full Review | Mar 16, 2001

Just -- yes, just -- one more film about that perennially obdurate subject, an artist.

Full Review | Mar 8, 2001

A difficult and demanding movie, one that rewards the persevering moviegoer just as Pollock's difficult and demanding paintings ultimately reward the steadfast.

Full Review | Mar 1, 2001

Harris, Harden, and Madigan are all outstanding, and the film, while flawed, is engrossing and impressive.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 27, 2001

Harris ... gives perhaps the performance of his screen career, making the most of his physical resemblance to Pollock while bringing a scary, single-minded intensity to the part.

Full Review | Feb 23, 2001

A ruddy little movie with a seething core and a chill in its bones.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 23, 2001

This may not be exactly the movie Pollock deserves, but it's the one he got; and, reservations aside, it's pretty darn good.

| Feb 23, 2001

Harris' Oscar-nominated performance is quite moving, making Pollock a better movie than the predictability of its story arc would indicate.

| Feb 23, 2001

Like its subject, Pollock is a messy creation, but one whose depth of commitment and high attack keeps it on track.

Full Review | Feb 23, 2001

Flat and uninvolving, flash cards from a life but with no life itself.

Full Review | Feb 19, 2001