83
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17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenThe Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenWhat Kovgan's utterly transporting film does, through a thoughtful and dynamic combination of curated material and new performances, is radiate the rapturous power of dance.
- 100VarietyTomris LafflyVarietyTomris LafflyKovgan’s ode to choreography master Merce Cunningham is sensational in every sense of the word. Renewing one’s appreciation of the many wonders of the human body and the space in which it fills and drifts, Cunningham celebrates all the things our joints and flexed muscles are capable of, as seen through the mind and poetic dances of an iconic creator.
- 100RogerEbert.comNick AllenRogerEbert.comNick AllenThere’s been nothing quite like Alla Kovgan’s Cunningham, an exhilarating testament to documentaries as a boundless form of art.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranCunningham makes good on its stated goal of doing justice to the man’s spirit of inventiveness.
- 90Screen DailySarah WardScreen DailySarah WardNever making an obvious move, like its subject, the end result veers close to avant-garde. That’s a term that Cunningham himself famously and continually shunned; however Kovgan clearly doesn’t share the same concern.
- What the film doesn’t give is an accurate sense of Cunningham time. In a Cunningham dance, the mind can wander, experience different rates of change, be baffled, engrossed, astonished, bored. The price of Kovgan’s efficiency is impatience, always cutting away and moving on.
- In Cunningham, the presentation is riveting.
- 70TheWrapDan CallahanTheWrapDan CallahanCunningham is valuable as an introduction to the work of this major artist, who is sometimes seen dancing himself in archival footage, unfurling his long legs and arms and exploring the most eccentric movements without fear or physical roadblocks of any kind.
- 63Slant MagazineChris BarsantiSlant MagazineChris BarsantiWhile some individuals are inevitably more compelling than others, as a whole the entire series, and “63 Up” in particular, is completely enveloping as it draws us into the latest happenings of these people we’ve followed for so long.
- 63Washington PostWashington PostWhen it comes to exploring the man behind the art, the film’s execution feels out of step with its ambition.