62
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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeLoving Vincent may exist as a showcase for its technique, but it’s the sensitivity the film shows toward its subject that ultimately distinguishes this particular oeuvre from the countless bad copies that already litter the world’s flea markets.
- 80Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniAn engrossing exploration of the artist’s final days rendered in his signature painting style.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe Hollywood ReporterJordan MintzerThe painstaking work done by Kobiela and Welchman to turn some of the artist’s most prized canvases into animated scenes can be impressive to behold.
- 70Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenBeyond explanation is the art itself. Animating Van Gogh’s bold impasto, already kinetic on the canvas, could have been merely superfluous. As moving pictures, though, the brushstrokes have an unexpected pull in this uneven but deeply felt homage.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThere’s something ineffably beautiful about such a purehearted folly, even if a Herzogian drama about the making of Loving Vincent might have more to offer than the film does itself.
- 63RogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaRogerEbert.comSusan WloszczynaIf you are hungry for dazzling eye candy and don’t mind a less-than-meaty narrative, this might please your palate.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAs the story limps and drags, the viewer also becomes accustomed to the images, and astonishment at the film’s innovative, painstaking technique begins to fade. But its charm never quite wears off, for reasons summed up in the title.
- 58Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaPaste MagazineKenji FujishimaAs stimulating as it is, the animation ends up being more pictorial than expressive—an initially fancy but eventually rather monotonous way to dress up what is ultimately a mundane drag of a detective procedural.
- 40TheWrapRobert AbeleTheWrapRobert AbeleUnfortunately, Spot the Painting is this wooden movie’s only sustaining thrill, because the investigation plot rarely generates any lasting interest.
- 38Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenDorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman's film is driven by an off-putting and oxymoronic fusion of reverence and egotism.