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Frida (2002)

Frida
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Salma Hayek, Diego Luna, Alfred Molina

The life of artist Frida Kahlo--from her complex and enduring relationship with her mentor and husband, Diego Rivera, to her illicit and controversial affair with Leon Trotsky, to her provocative romantic entanglements with women, Frida lived a bold and uncompromising life as a political, artistic, ... (read more)

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R, 2 hrs. 3 min.
Directed by: Julie Taymor
Release Date: Oct 25, 2002
DVD Release Date: Jun 10, 2003

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3 days ago
Great visual display and great performance by Salma Hayek. The movie didn't exactly blow me away though.
5 days ago
Powerful, Art filled , and sexy
13 days ago
wasn't sure about watching this film, but i'm so glad I did!! It's a very powerful film; very intense and artistic. Molina and Hayek have a great connection
13 days ago
Very Boring, Could Not Get Into This Film At All. Hayek And Molina Were Great Though.
15 days ago
Noooo! me pareció muuy buena ... Sin palabras después de haber visto sus obras en el Museo Nacional ... Genial ;)

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2586 days ago
Nick Schager, Matinee Magazine
Just as in Kahlo's life, Rivera is the commanding centrifugal force of Taymor's film, and remains the best reason to sit through the otherwise uneven, mildly captivating Frida.
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2594 days ago
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
It's enough to make you scurry off to find a book about Frida Kahlo -- which is, perhaps, the ultimate compliment for a film biography.
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2594 days ago
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite, but sometimes it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did, too.
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2595 days ago
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
Taymor's movie version of Kahlo's life, Frida, makes the artist seem more like a human being and less like a craft-fair novelty than she has in years.
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2601 days ago
Claudia Puig, USA Today
This is undoubtedly the strongest performance of [Hayek's] career, and her passion for the project is palpable.
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