
Hockney sees the charismatic artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. The film, which looks back at Hockney's formative years in the British Pop Art scene and his experience of being a gay man as the Aids crisis took hold, as well as his years working in California.... (Full plot summary below)
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Hockney sees the charismatic artist take director Randall Wright on an exclusive tour of his archives and into his studio, where he still paints seven days a week. The film, which looks back at Hockney's formative years in the British Pop Art scene and his experience of being a gay man as the Aids crisis took hold, as well as his years working in California.
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| CraveOnlineErnest HardyThe documentary isn't intellectually rigorous or academically minded, but it is engrossing, buoyed by the charm of Hockney and his cohorts. |
| Sunday Times (UK)Camilla LongThis documentary is beautifully and cleverly made, well researched and deep, seamlessly and inventively put together. |
| EDGE BostonPhil HallThe artist comes across as an affable raconteur, and his personal input gives this film a sense of humor and irony that is most absent in Wright's lamentable attempt to share the Hockney experience with the audience. |
| NewcityRay PridePleasingly colorful assay, made with permission but pretty much free of puffery, of the lengthy career of seventy-eight-year-old English creative force David Hockney, son of Bradford, man of Los Angeles, purveyor of Polaroids, brusher of iPads. |
| VogueJulia FelsenthalA picture is worth a thousand words, but Wright's film, if only for a few seconds at a time, takes us inside the head of one of our greatest living artists. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonYou don't need to be a fan of the artist to enjoy this spirited celebration of his life and art. But you may end up a fan afterward. |
| Radio TimesTrevor JohnstonThis documentary about British artist David Hockney draws on its subject's own family photos and home movies to provide an intimate, authoritative portrait. |
| The ListAngie ErrigoWright's film is warm, entertaining, and a great window into Hockney's work. |
| Times (UK)Wendy IdeAn affectionate, entertaining film that weaves together an overview of David Hockney's mercurial career, an insight into his personal life and some highly amusing anecdotes from friends and colleagues. |
| Observer (UK)Mark KermodeHockney's account of his life and philosophy is always worth listening to, even if much has been recounted before in a variety of media. |