ionutnecula I've been looking forward to this film for so long, being excited about the concept of every frame being a painting. I was expecting a stop-motion masterpiece, but after a few minutes in the cinema I found out I was misled by the title thinking "loving" was a verb not an adjective and therefore that the film would be about Van Gogh's life. However, I really enjoyed the story presented in this motion picture and I was pleasantly surprised by it, but I cannot give it a higher rating. I don't want to disprove the artists' talent and effort, but when I found out they actually filmed it before than made the paintings based on the video footage made it seem to me like it wasn't as artsy as advertised. Also, it was weird sometimes how Armand's was overly-detailed compared to the rest of the frame and sometimes you could see how they didn't change the background and only animated the characters (an effect which you could also notice in the old cartoons). All in all, the film was a bit of a let-down in terms of the painted animation, but the story was impressive and gripping. In fact, I was so absorbed and curious that it actually upset me Armand didn't pursue the murderer and gave up without an explanation after he gave away the letter.

marthabaker Watching the extras in the DVD adds to the impact of this Impact of the interrelationship between biography and art

Gareth Crook I'm not a Van Gogh fan really and as such, didn't really know too much about him, aside the usual stuff. The story here looks at the artists death, what really happened, what were the events that lead up to Van Gogh's final days. It's a very dramatic retelling, but I'm not convinced it would be half as entertaining were it not that the entire film is hand painted frame by frame. It really is quite remarkable, a lovely idea, wonderfully conceived. This isn't pure animated fantasy though, the scenes have been acted with a full cast, then committed to canvas. It's a great piece of work, charming and insightful, although a little cold.

Sonofamoviegeek I guess you just can't fight Disney in Hollywood. Did I hear right that the Motion Picture Academy considers Coco to be a better movie than Loving Vincent? I am still scratching my head wondering how a run of the mill kid's film could possibly be better than a true artistic masterpiece. Is it because oil painting is such a primitive technology compared to computer-generated animation? Yes, animating with oils results in slightly jerky animation. Never mind that. Just back and watch how impressionist art becomes a living, moving medium to portray art history. Loving Vincent was a labour of love, not the product of data miners and corporate boardroomsToo many other reviews on IMDB have repeated the storyline but that's not what Vincent is all about. The storyline is simply a vehicle to move us from one famous Van Gogh to another while revealing a little bit of the history and the people and scenes Vincent painted. That makes the art of Van Gogh accessible as well as allowing us to understand his struggles with madness and poverty. That makes this that rare item, an art film that's entertaining as well.Even though the story is the least important aspect of Loving Vincent, the screen writing leaves us with a mystery. Perhaps Vincent didn't commit suicide. Perhaps he was shot either deliberately or accidentally by what we would today call the town bully. See Loving Vincent and decide for yourself.