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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 90VarietyVarietyAn enthralling docudrama that examines the Dutch master's most famous painting, "The Night Watch," for proof that it was responsible for his dramatic fall from grace.
- 90Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe filmmaker uncovers a foul, lurid, corrupt, and perversely compelling conspiracy--which is to say, he successfully turns The Night Watch into a Peter Greenaway film.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterGreenaway is first and foremost a deft storyteller and filmmaker -- and a cheeky art historian. An appreciation of art isn't necessary to enjoy Rembrandt's J'Accuse, and Greenaway goes to great lengths to draw the artistically illiterate into the story.
- 70The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisGenerally absorbing if sometimes fog-inducing.
- 60Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearPart alt–art-history lesson and part pilot for CSI: The Louvre, Peter Greenaway’s deconstruction of Rembrandt’s 1642 painting The Night Watch contends that the work is--after the Mona Lisa, Da Vinci’s The Last Supper and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel--the fourth best-known artwork in the world.