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- 75RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzThe film's tone is just as original. How to describe it? it owes a bit to the biographical films of Ken Russell, which teetered on the edge of camp and used facts as a springboard for wild fancy; but it's much sweeter.
- 63Slant MagazineCarson LundSlant MagazineCarson LundWhen the appeal of the film's whimsy wears off, the fogginess of its historical perspectives comes to the fore.
- 60VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyTo call results over-the-top is less a criticism than a statement of intent. While it may be old-fashioned and silly in many respects, Mitta’s film is not dull, and its heedless embrace of cliche has a retro charm.
- 50Village VoiceSerena DonadoniVillage VoiceSerena DonadoniThere's a great deal of rhetoric about revolution and radical art, but Chagall-Malevich is staid and conventional.
- 50The DissolveKate ErblandThe DissolveKate ErblandKitted out with colorful and creative scenes that aim to depict Chagall’s dreamy, expressionist work within the film’s framework, Chagall-Malevich shoots high, though it often comes crashing down to Earth.
- 50The New York TimesNicolas RapoldThe New York TimesNicolas RapoldIt’s a literally colorful and playful attempt to portray battlefields of artistic ambition and political struggle. But its dialogue and characters are also written as subtly as a radical manifesto.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenLos Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenAlthough the results could never be accused of being uneventful, the characters cry out for deeper, more complex dimensions than simply the wide-eyed dreamer and the rhetoric-spewing agitator on display here.