Kirpianuscus subjective, partial, the life behind his work of a great artist. seductive for the performance of Anthony Hopkins, important for define the sins of one of the significant names of the art from the XX century. but far to be a docudrama. only a slice from a long and not comfortable life. the film remains remarkable for acting and for the structure of story. for the trip in a dark zone and for the science of Anthony Hopkins to be Picasso in each detail. and this is the basic virtue of this film. to recreate a world. impressive, ambiguous, charming in a way. a portrait. profound subjective.that is all .

rbrb Two hours long; dull and tedious, and what a shame.Picasso one of the most famous painters of all time yet this movie concentrates on him as an egotist, womanizer and bore.It is mainly about his later life and one tedious affair after another as well as the portrayal of him as totally selfish, whether true or not.This is someone whose paintings can and do sell for 50 or 100 million US dollars, and like or loath, he was a Genius.But no where in the picture does it properly: i) Show us the Secret of his Genius;or,ii) Illustrate fully or sufficiently the artistry of his genius.If one is going to make a movie about an Icon, give us someinspiration please....3/10

BadBad As far as context goes, I had already known most of the material from biographies in other sources. There were only a couple new aspects to this one. The acting was superb. Anthony Hopkins and Natascha McElhone were passionate and believable. It portrays Picasso's nature as narrated by one of his former lovers. It's NOT a fluff piece, but you shouldn't end up hating him unless you did already.

Rosemea D.S. MacPherson There are certain stories that are better if they remained untold. As a matter of personal taste I do not like Picasso's work. When saw the title, I purchased the video because I wanted to see who was the person behind the scribbles? Also because I always question why some good painters are unknown and will always be unknown and others achieve worldwide acclaim so undeservingly. This movie has good acting, by Anthony Hopkins (Silence of the Lambs) and Natasha McElhone (The Truman Show) and all the other actors are good. The story is well told. I just dislike Picasso very much. He treated all the women in his life like dirt. They all put up with him! They had low self-esteem and he destroyed the little they had left. The most amazing thing is that he had a wife and about five mistresses, and every place he went they all went, and put up with his mistreatment. The ambiguous man did not believe in God but kept all his hair and finger nails wrapped and dated, and kept by one of his mistresses because he was afraid of Black Magic! Picasso himself as a human being had no redeeming qualities.While Françoise was pregnant with Paloma Picasso, he left for Poland for three weeks but remained in Poland for about four months. Every day Françoise would receive a telegram saying: Hugs and Kisses! I guess that where the famous Paloma Picasso (jewelry designer) got the idea for her famous design of hugs and kisses. The telegrams were not even sent by Picasso. The women who were involved with Picasso: One would get a sharp pointed knife and stab her hand with it and laugh while she bleeds. His wife became a crazy vagrant, who went around cursing him. Nobody was normal except Françoise, who almost lost her identity. His older son became Picassos' chauffeur because Picasso kept telling him that he was not good for anything. Françoise survived by leaving him after ten years. I would not have stayed with that man even for a day! In sum: this is a story about a jerk! Humans have somewhat an inborn desire to be good. Maybe I am naive! Most people can distinguish between good and evil. Picasso lacked that quality. I do not recommend this movie because the main character lack's morality and the core of the story has no social value, as most characters in the story allow themselves to be used to exploit the financial side of the name Picasso. This movie is about the use of someone's likeness for financial gain!