Walking on Water
critic Reviews
, 88% Fresh Tomatometer Score- Walking on Water tracks the personal and professional journey of an artist emerging from a painful chapter to forge ahead on his creative path.
- , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreBen SachsChicago Reader
Curiously artless for a movie about the art world.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMatthew LickonaSan Diego Reader
The film does what it apparently sets out to do, which is to give some account of two statements Christo makes to a group of schoolchildren early on in the proceedings: "I love real things," and, "When you are an artist, you are all the time artist."
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMark FeeneyBoston Globe
There's some dry in "Walking on Water," though not much. There's a fair amount of wet. As for joy, that there is in abundance.
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreMichael O'SullivanWashington Post
Rather than focus on the engineering and logistics of "Piers," which actually sound really intriguing, the filmmaker trains his camera on general bickering and whining instead to an almost unpleasant degree.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScorePeter RainerChristian Science Monitor
It's still possible to gasp at what is shown us in Walking on Water, if only from a logistical standpoint. The massive planning required for such a project is revealed in mind-numbing detail.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMaria GarciaLos Angeles Times
It is when Paounov reveals Christo's leonine qualities that "Walking on Water" achieves a rare authenticity.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreKatie DugganTAKE ONE Magazine
Fitting with Christo's proclamation, the documentary is not just an account of the creation of one work, but a glimpse into the creative madness of living a life that is entirely devoted to art.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreMichael J. CaseyMichael J. Cinema
"There's not moment you are not an artist," Christo says. It also appears there is no moment when Christo isn't an overbearing ass.
Read full article - , Fresh Tomatometer ScoreRoger MooreMovie Nation
Intimate portrait of a combative artist at work, but so straightforward as to be the very definition of "documentary."
Read full article - , Rotten Tomatometer ScoreRobert DenersteinDenerstein Unleashed
Director Andrey Paounov's documentary falls short...we don't get much by way of explanation about how all this was done, how materials were selected -- and in some cases -- even what materials were used.
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