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 roma...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 10, 2003
Stats: 2,761 reviews
Fantastic film. Everything from the direction, cinematography, acting and make-up was superb. It?s one of the best biopics filmed to date. You really do gain understanding of Frida's life and work, interweaving her famous paintings into the film was beautifully done. The only thi...( read more)
I liked it, but it didn't really add anything to the biopics that I've already seen on her. I did like the cool ways they integrated her paintings into the film though. Frida's story just fascinates me, she was such a tortured soul.
It's one of those movies that you keep thinking "wtf?" while you're watching it, but afterward you're completely blown away by its brilliance! Frida was such an incredible woman and--love her or love to hate her--there never will be another.
''At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can. ''
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Salma Hayek: Frida Kahlo
Frida is quite simply a study o...( read more)
visually stunning, great performace by hayek absolutely mesmerising as Frida. One you must see
An immortal icon of Mexican culture played by one of the worst Mexican actresses ever born through a story situated in a Golden-Age capital city where everybody talks in English but pray and sing in Spanish. A wonderful cast and sudden moments of visionary talent contrasted with ...( read more)
Prepare to be seduced
A movie full of passion and effort. Visually and entertaining. Frida Kahlo's painting coming to life. One of the best biopic. The director was able to make the intriguing life of Frida Kahlo interesting. It was as colorful as Kahlo's paintings...( read more)
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. full review
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. full review
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. full review
This is undoubtedly the strongest performance of [Hayek's] career, and her passion for the project is palpable. full review
The further it strays from sober naturalism, the better Frida is. full review
Hamstrung by a script that seems determined to stop at all the big moments in Frida's life without giving anything time to resonate. full review
This film is absolutely fantastic in almost every way possible. Career best performances from Salma Hayek and possibly Alfred Molina. I knew nothing about Frida Kahlo except that she was a bisexual artist before i saw this, and after i saw it i felt i knew her. That, surely says something about the quality of this project. I just hope that one day i work with any of these talented folk. Great work guys (even though you're not exactly going to visit this page, or possibly even this website!).
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