MOVIEVIBE ← Back to Home

Pollock

2000 • 2h 12m •
Drama History
MOVIEVIBE Rating
★ 6.7/10
367 reviews
Your Rating
Pollock

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back into the life of an extraordinary man, a man who has fittingly been called "an artist dedicated to concealment, a celebrity who nobody knew." As he struggled with self-doubt, engaging in a lonely tug-of-war between needing to express himself and wanting to shut the world out, Pollock began a downward spiral.

"A true portrait of life and art."

Top Billed Cast

Ed Harris
Ed Harris
Jackson Pollock
Marcia Gay Harden
Marcia Gay Harden
Lee Krasner
Tom Bower
Tom Bower
Dan Miller
Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly
Ruth Kligman
Bud Cort
Bud Cort
Howard Putzel
John Heard
John Heard
Tony Smith
Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
Willem DeKooning
David Leary
David Leary
Charles Pollock

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2020-12-22

_**Downer biography starts weak, but becomes, um, artistic… and moving**_

Abstract expressionist Jackson Pollock (Ed Harris) is a struggling artist in New York City in the early 40s when he meets his future wife Lee Krasner, a fellow artist (Marcia Gay Harden). They move to the far end of Long Island where he finally catches a break, but alcoholism threatens his life. Jennifer Connelly shows up in the last act.

“Pollock” (2000) is an honest biography covering the final fifteen years of the artist’s life from 1941-1956. It was a long-term passion for director/star Ed Harris to b...