77
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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanThe film is sketchy as biography, but it proves an aging artist can still crackle with the electricity of youth.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayJust as a document of the sheer physical labor that goes into covering a giant canvas with color, Gerhard Richter Painting is never less than absorbing.
- 80Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfYou will see the man toiling and revising - killing off half-good ideas, struggling for clarity - and it's a routine well worth demystifying.
- 80Village VoiceVillage VoiceGerhard Richter Painting artfully and convincingly immerses us into the world of one of the greatest, painting.
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranIt is the achievement of Gerhard Richter Painting to shine a light on that hidden, private act as few other films have done.
- 75Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyThe man we meet is intelligent and good-humored. "They do what they want," he says with a shrug, indicating a set of just-completed canvases. "I planned something different."
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleDelivers on the promise of its title. It shows us the world's most famous living painter, who turned 80 in February, at work with greater intimacy than any other film portrait of a contemporary artist provides.
- 75St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMostly the movie is about process and perspective. Through the documentary lens, Richter's enigmatic paintings speak to us.
- 70The New York TimesRachel SaltzThe New York TimesRachel SaltzGerhard Richter may not fling paint at the canvas, Jackson Pollock-style, but as Corinna Belz shows in her documentary Gerhard Richter Painting, he can be his own kind of action painter.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineThe end results are mixed but nevertheless scintillating and provocative enough to be worth taking seriously.