Fresh
It's not just Greenaway's best film in years, but one of his best films, period.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Nightwatching
Murder, Conspiracy and the Masterpiece that Revealed the Truth
2007 · 2h 15m · R
Drama, History
Directed by
Peter Greenaway
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Nightwatching
Overview
An extravagant, exotic and moving look at Rembrandt's romantic and professional life, and the controversy he created by the identification of a murderer in the painting The Night Watch.
Director and cast
- Peter Greenaway Director
- Martin Freeman as Rembrandt van Rijn
- Emily Holmes as Hendrickje
- Eva Birthistle as Saskia
- Jodhi May as Geertje
- Toby Jones as Gerard Dou
- Jonathan Holmes as Ferdinand Bol
- Michael Teigen as Carel Fabritius
- Kevin McNulty as Engelen
- Agata Buzek as Titia Uylenburgh
- Natalie Press as Marieke
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
74%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What truly galls is that Greenaway has the germ of a great movie here.
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
Fresh
...the dialogue's hyper-intensity is the whole point, and Greenaway frames it with a heavy reliance on set design, rather than his usual use of overlapping images.
Guy Dixon, Globe and Mail
Fresh
There's a zest for life in almost every frame
Jay Weissberg, Variety
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