Fresh
This was Altman's most watchable theatrical feature in about a decade, and the actors always keep you guessing.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Vincent & Theo
An obsessive vision. A desperate dream. A world that didn't understand… And a brother that did.
1990 · 2h 20m · PG-13
Drama
Directed by
Robert Altman
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Vincent & Theo
Overview
The tragic story of Vincent van Gogh broadened by focusing as well on his brother Theodore, who helped support Vincent. Based on the letters written between the two.
Director and cast
- Robert Altman Director
- Tim Roth as Vincent Van Gogh
- Paul Rhys as Theodore 'Theo' Van Gogh
- Adrian Brine as Uncle Cent
- Jean-François Perrier as Léon Boussod
- Yves Dangerfield as René Valadon
- Hans Kesting as Andries Bonger
- Peter Tuinman as Anton Mauve
- Marie-Louise Stheins as Jet Mauve
- Oda Spelbos as Ida
- Jip Wijngaarden as Sien Hoornik
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
This masterwork operates in the intimate, thoughtful vein of the great BBC bios of artistic figures.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
[A] film that generates the feeling that we are in the presence of a man in the act of creation.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Nowhere does Altman sermonise about the artist's greatness; his achievement is allowed to speak for itself. If only more film-makers had such confidence and integrity.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
The enjoyment in Vincent and Theo comes more from the director's attention to art history than from his ability to interpret it anew.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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