Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Ty Burrell
Photographer Diane Arbus was considered one of the most mysterious, enigmatic and frighteningly bold artists of the 20th century. Most known for her obsession with "freak" subject matter, her haunting...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 8, 2007
Stats: 1,858 reviews
Fur is a visually stunning film which is more an imagined fiction of Diane Arbus than actual bio. This is a strange and bizarre film which managed to hold my attention from beginning to end. Robert Downey Jr once again stills the show in a film. He is the master. After the cr...( read more)
Pretty much fell flat for me overall. Arbus' pictures could sufficiently stand in for all the interesting points in this film. Considering the director made it clear from the start that this is an Imaginary Portrait, a lot more could have been done and perhaps more of an attempt ...( read more)
Diane Arbus is a fascinating artist. A single one of her photographs can awaken and excite dozens of feelings, questions, curiosities going in all different directions. I remember seeing some of her photographs at the pompidou a while ago without even having heard her name ever b...( read more)
''Why do you want to take a portrait of someone you've never seen, Diane?''Turning her back on her wealthy, established family, Diane Arbus (Kidman) falls in with Lionel Sweeney (Downey Jr.), an enigmatic mentor who introduces Arbus to the marginalized people who help h
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In 1958, in New York City, the upper class Diane Arbus is a frustrated and lonely woman with a conventional marriage with two daughters. Her husband is a photographer sponsored by the wealthy parents of Diane, and she works as his assistant. When Lionel Sweeney, a mysterious man ...( read more)
Nicole Kidman performance is captivating without being as rich as some of her previous and later works. However, once the initial furry set up has been established the movie doesn't endeaver to do much more with its brave story. There's some muttering about desire and more than w...( read more)
this was a very bizzar film, i thought it was well acted and very siductively protrayed which did remind me alot of the film securaty. however i found alot of it confusing and the ending very.
watch if your curious!
If this sounds like your idea of a fun movie night, go for it. But its not exactly ours. full review
Like the artists who stock the Whitney Biennial with their plastic puddles of vomit, Fur works feverishly to dress up clichés. full review
That the picture collapses into near-total absurdity doesn't diminish the daring of its concept, although it certainly calls into question its utility. full review
Academy Award winner Kidman is a marvelous actress, but her decision to play Arbus as a painfully shy, wavering waif diminishes her believability as an innovative artist. full review
If you are seeking illumination about Arbus' artistry or her psyche, it's not here. full review
Fur starts stylishly, and confidently, but the film dwindles down to a chamber piece in a claustrophobic chamber. full review
You'd expect a conventional biopic to be bland and overly telescoped. But Arbus's life and work ought to inspire something more than the generic tale of a repressed fifties doll wife who runs off with... full review
The movie feels like it's still in the darkroom. full review
Awesome movie. The love story and how Robert Downey Jr. looked made this movie incredible. It's so hard not to fall in love with Robert Downey Jr.'s character.
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