Final Portrait
In 1964, while on a short trip to Paris, the American writer and art-lover James Lord (Armie Hammer) is asked by his friend, the world-renowned artist Alberto Giacometti (Geoffrey Rush), to sit for a portrait. The process, Giacometti assures Lord, will take only a few days. Flattered and intrigued, Lord agrees. So begins not only the story of an offbeat friendship, but, seen through the eyes of Lord, an insight into the beauty, frustration, profundity and, at times, downright chaos of the artistic process. FINAL PORTRAIT is a portrait of a genius, and of a friendship between two men who are utterly different, yet increasingly bonded through a single, ever-evolving act of creativity. It is a film which shines a light on the artistic process itself, by turns exhilarating, exasperating and bewildering, questioning whether the gift of a great artist is a blessing or a curse.
30 October 1982, Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France
17 January 1971, Lyon, Rhône, France
1969
17 June 1958, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
28 August 1986, Los Angeles, California, USA
6 July 1951, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
18 July 1948, Hampstead, London, England, UK
9 October 1953, Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
October 05, 2017
Tucci presents an engaging overview of the artist, undoubtedly one that will inspire viewers to continue their own exploration of a fascinating character.
February 12, 2017
Makes for a narrative with little consistent forward momentum and an anticlimactic ending, though the film remains agreeable thanks largely to Rush's flavorful performance.
October 31, 2017
This modest, extremely charming labor of love from writer/director Stanley Tucci is not intended for anyone who can't wait for the next Transformers. But if you're interested in Paris, art, the 1960s or any combination, it may be right up your alley.
October 05, 2017
Avoids the usual biopic pitfalls, yet succumbs to the half-baked slightness that can plague talky, miniaturist chamber pieces.
October 11, 2017
Actor-turned-director Stanley Tucci's fifth movie is like an engagingly acted episode stretched into a feature.
February 17, 2017
As a bit of art-house escapism, that it is a trip well worth taking.
February 12, 2017
In "Final Portrait," Stanley Tucci, directing his first film in 10 years, takes the biopic to an even more exquisitely homespun level of miniature close-up.
October 05, 2017
A low-key drama of consistently high quality...
October 04, 2017
Rather like the sittings, the film just goes on and on and on.
December 29, 2017
It is not an innovative proposal, but not too trite... [Full review in Spanish]
October 04, 2017
Giacometti's endless delaying tactics and his prosaic nature means Final Portrait weirdly feels both once over lightly and somewhat slow all at once.
January 10, 2018
A bleakly funny, genteelly twisted gloss on the clichés of temperamental creative genius, via the relationship between an artist and his subject, one that questions the sometimes high personal price of great art.
