Fresh
Taymor's triumph is that her film, despite its distance from us in some ways, is pertinent and enthralling.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Overview
A biography of artist Frida Kahlo, who channeled the pain of a crippling injury and her tempestuous marriage into her work.
Director and cast
- Julie Taymor Director
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Frida Kahlo
- Alfred Molina as Diego Rivera
- Mía Maestro as Cristina Kahlo
- Patricia Reyes Spíndola as Matilde Kahlo
- Edward Norton as Nelson Rockefeller
- Antonio Banderas as David Alfaro Siqueiros
- Diego Luna as Alejandro
- Roger Rees as Guillermo Kahlo
- Ashley Judd as Tina Modotti
- Saffron Burrows as Gracie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
77%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Ms. Taymor gets magnificent performances from Ms. Hayek as Frida and Alfred Molina as the oversexed Diego Rivera.
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer
Fresh
If Frida doesn't tell us anything that we don't already know, it does dramatize Kahlo's life with a fiery, soulful beauty.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
Fresh
Passionate, provocative, hilarious, tragic and just dizzyingly beautiful to behold.
Susan Stark, Detroit News
Rotten
[The screenplay's] flatness ultimately defeats a film that's always a treat to look at.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
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