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Jordan Binkerd (567 KP) rated At Eternity's Gate (2018) in Movies
Sep 17, 2019
Willem Dafoe (4 more)
Oscar Isaac
Rupert Friend
Mads Mikkelsen
Interesting, if controversial, take on his death
Pacing (1 more)
Cinematography
Beautifully performed, but meandering
Vincent VanGogh is my wife's favorite artist, and so I know a bit more about him than I do most of his contemporaries. The story here is an interesting one, but the film manages to get bogged down with shaky cam shots of Vincent's feet running through fields. The pacing was odd but tolerable, but the cinematography and camera work....I wasn't a fan. The performances, though? Not a bad one in the lot, and Willem Dafoe deserved to win the Oscar for this. I'm not sure what he lost to, but I don't think it was more powerful. Sure, he's too old for the part, but honestly? He was born to play the role. Bottom line: loved the performances, but not the movie itself.