hs-star I like Tim Robinson, but his acting as 'Vincent' ? The worst eeeeeeeeeeeever!!!! Tim can act as a pshyco serial killer wonderfully, but 'Vincent' was not that kind of mad man.This movie can even ruin your other 'Vincent' movie. If you do not like Vincent Van Gogh? Well, go ahead and waste your money and time. However, if you love Van Gogh and Starry Night? Please, don't ruin your IMPRESSION!!!!!

Lisa Muñoz As a huge fan of Van Gogh, this film really let me down. I wasn't betting on it being that good, since it had Robert Altman directing the film, a filmmaker known for making extremely boring films, and Tim Roth playing Vincent. My low expectations were not rewarded. No one has any real conversations in the movie. It's just a long line of taunting, hissy-fits and unspoken feelings running high. Theo's story has been virtually unheard of, due to his brother's overwhelming talent and popularity. But this version of his story doesn't do the art dealer any kind of justice. He is aggressive, whiny and seemingly just as mad as his brother. He is needlessly cruel to his wife and neglects his baby. Worst of all, there is no genuine portrayal of tenderness towards his brother Vincent. Their relationship, although tumultuous at times, was extremely loving, sweet and caring in real life, but I find none of it here. Tim Roth as Vincent simply just doesn't cut it for me. Just like his paintings, Vincent was variegated, passionate, intense and caring, as well as troubled, manic and deeply sad. Roth, who is known for playing gangsters or London thugs, is portrayed as nothing more than a bipolar painter who harms himself. The script also just made the film very boring indeed. There is no nuanced flexibility in the story arc of the Van Gogh brother's lives. I didn't really feel any artistic passion or benevolent feelings for the characters. If you want a good portrayal of Vincent Van Gogh, watch Benedict Cumberbatch in Van Gogh Painted With Words, or Tony Curran in the Doctor Who episode "Vincent and The Doctor". These two performances give out a much better understanding of the man behind all of the famously rich, vibrant paintings.

evanston_dad I found myself admiring Robert Altman's film about Vincent Van Gogh much less on my recent viewing than I had on previous ones. I will admit that there's something fascinating about it, as there almost always is with any Altman film, even his really bad ones (and this is certainly not one of his really bad ones), but it's a one-note and monotonous film, and the central relationship that the film explores remains cloudy and obscure.Altman isn't interested in making a straight biopic about Van Gogh, and for that I'm grateful. The last thing the world needs is another tortured artist biopic. He instead focuses, as the film's title implies, on the relationship between Vincent and his brother, Theo. Tim Roth plays Vincent as a portrait of the artist as a mad man; in his hands, Vincent is mentally ill to the point that he can barely function. This gives Roth lots of scenery to chew, and it may even be an accurate portrayal, but it doesn't make for a very interesting character. It falls to Paul Rhys, playing Theo, to develop a character around which the film can anchor itself, but I'm not sure I ever fully understood Theo either. He seems as troubled as Vincent, but we're never sure why. He seems to regard himself as a failure, in business and the bedroom. He spends his working hours selling bad art to people with no artistic sensibility and harboring feelings of guilt at not being able to sell his brother's paintings. His love life is hampered by syphilis.The script suggests that the two brothers had a love/hate relationship -- they couldn't get along, yet each got from the other something he couldn't get anywhere else. What that something is is never clear, and without that, the film unfolds as a series of scenes in which the men flare out in erratic bursts of anger, over and over and over again, until both die, miserable and alone.Visually, the film looks terrific. The art director suggests Van Gogh in his production design, and it's fun to pick out the locations that would become the subjects of some of Van Gogh's most famous paintings. Gabriel Yared provides the weird electronic score, which sometimes is too much and other times is just right.Whatever its flaws, "Vincent & Theo" is miles ahead of that other Van Gogh film, Vincente Minellie's hopelessly dull and overacted "Lust for Life" from 1956.Grade: B

unseeniche This movie is a lot of things. I loved the scenery and the olden days sense you get from watching it, but it's also very realistic in its madness and suffering. The story is intriguing and the film pretty much stays true to fact and follows the life of Vincent and Theo well. The end is depressing, and some of the movie is almost hard to watch, but it's all art and a wonderful movie in all. The actors were splendid and the movie in itself was very well done. 10/10