Nightwatching (Nocna straz)

Nightwatching (Nocna straz) (2007)

  • 81% of critics liked it
    (16 reviews)

  • 59% of users liked it
    (1,320 ratings)

Director Peter Greenaway explores the life of Dutch Golden Age artist Rembrandt in a biographical feature that uses the 1642 painting "Night Watch" as a launching point to explore the 17th Century artist's life from an entirely new perspective. British film and television star Martin Henderson… More

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R, 2 hr. 14 min.
Directed By
Peter Greenaway
Written By
Peter Greenaway
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Nov 2, 2007 Wide
On DVD
Sep 15, 2009
Kasander Film Company

Critic Reviews

  • Peter Howell, Toronto Star

    What truly galls is that Greenaway has the germ of a great movie here.

  • Guy Dixon, Globe and Mail

    ...the dialogue's hyper-intensity is the whole point, and Greenaway frames it with a heavy reliance on set design, rather than his usual use of overlapping images.

  • Jay Weissberg, Variety

    There's a zest for life in almost every frame

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Like all Greenaway films, it's not for all tastes.

  • Quentin Clarke, Film4

    If you're aware of Peter Greenaway's work you'll know to expect luscious visuals, plenteous sex and nudity, and a certain degree of impenetrability

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  • _kelly .


    Let's get the praise (much deserved) out of the way before I tackle the problems I had with this fine film. The production design is awesome, in the biblical sense of that word. Combined with the cinematography, an utterly unique and undeniably ethereal world is created. It… More

  • Red L


    This movie is about Rembrandt painting his most famous painting called "The Night Watch". Supposedly it is an avant-garde film, but it seemed to be a series non-connected scenes - hard to follow and lengthy. I guess I am not sophisticated enough to appreciate this type of… More

  • Eric B


    Certainly, "Nightwatching" -- writer/director Peter Greenaway's inventive take on Rembrandt's masterpiece "The Night Watch" -- has a brilliant premise. Ever obsessed with detail to queasy extremes, Greenaway revisits the portrait and imagines that it… More

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