The White Crow
critic Reviews
, 67% Fresh Tomatometer Score- The White Crow lacks the nimble grace of its subject, but as a reasonably diverting primer on a pivotal period in the life of a brilliant artist, it just about sticks the landing.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreVariety StaffVariety
The White Crow winds up falling short as a respectable but not-quite-inspired portrait of an extraordinary talent.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreAmy NicholsonFilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
I am found myself fairly taken in with this just as a [straightforward], good, sensible drama.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreWenlei MaNews.com.au
The White Crow offers up all these elements of Nureyev - his past, his heat, his vulnerabilities - but all those parts are dancing around each other incongruously rather than as a well-choreographed ensemble piece.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreDavid StrattonThe Australian
The Nureyev story is a very good one, and Fiennes and Hare tell it well.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreJake WilsonThe Age (Australia)
The film gives the impression that much of Fiennes' attention went into working with Ivenko on shaping the details of this portrait -- and it is psychologically convincing, whether or not it has much to do with the real man.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreAdam GrahamDetroit News
Fiennes' drab biopic of Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev drains the color from his life, and comes across as cold as a Soviet winter.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreEddie Harrisonfilm-authority.com
…a movie about this potent subject only needs to be halfway good to be watchable, and the legend of Nureyev just about carries the film…
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreLonita CookKCTV5 News at 9
The styling is great, it has a very natural feel.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBen TurnerThe Pink Lens
At its strongest, this is a Cold War cat-and-mouse thriller with bite. At its weakest, this is an overly-reverent biopic with an unpleasant protagonist.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreTori BrazierFlickering Myth
The White Crow presents a fresh take on [Rudolf Nureyev's] formative years, before he became his legend, in a nuanced, informative and gripping film.
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