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Mapplethorpe

BiographyDrama

A look at the life of photographer Robert Mapplethorpe from his rise to fame in the 1970s to his untimely death in 1989.

Year

2020

Duration

1h 42m

IMDb

6.2

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Cast

Ondi Timoner

Director

Matt Smith

Robert Mapplethorpe

Marianne Rendón

Patti Smith

Cast

Ondi Timoner

Director

Matt Smith

Robert Mapplethorpe

Marianne Rendón

Patti Smith

John Benjamin Hickey

Sam Wagstaff

Brandon Sklenar

Edward Mapplethorpe

Tina Benko

Sandy Daley

Mark Moses

Harry Mapplethorpe

Carolyn McCormick

Joan Mapplethorpe

Thomas Philip O'Neill

David Croland

Mickey O'Hagan

Tina Summerlin

Anthony Michael Lopez

Jack Fritscher

LS

Logan Smith

Young Mapplethorpe

Anthony Michael Lopez

Jack Fritscher

McKinley Belcher III

Milton Moore

Brian Stokes Mitchell

Father Stack

Karlee Leilani Perez

Lisa Lyon

David J. Cork

The Catch

Kerry Butler

Holly Solomon

Hari Nef

Tinkerbelle

Ondi Timoner

Writer

Mikko Alanne

Writer

BG

Bruce Goodrich

Writer

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Comments

10 Comments

posetive vibes onlyMay 29, 2023

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muhammed garbaMar 14, 2023

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user55358560 binta30Nov 22, 2022

While I had heard of Robert Mapplethorpe as a photographer of raw & sexual pictures; I knew nothing of his background. This movie filled in some of that. I was drawn into story by the strong performance of Matt Smith, who I only knew of from The Crown. He played the part excellently. He was Mapplethorpe to me as I watched. My other draw was John Benjamin-Hickey, whose work I've long admired. I'd seen him on Broadway in two shows, and met him after one. Always a strong performer. I like that the story moved quickly from Mapplethorpe's struggling artist days to the heights, then the lows, of fame, and eventual death. It is a movie that kept my interest throughout, so for that I gave it 8 stars!

أبوبكر محمد التارNov 22, 2022

After its end, not the short and impressive, provocative and admirable career of Robert Mapplethorpe remains in memory but the splendid performance of Matt Smith. A sensitive hommage, a trip across delicate subjects, a defining of art and a great and powerful message. Something more than a biographic film.

Jefri NicholNov 22, 2022

I am not really aware of famous or otherwise known photographers to be honest. No matter their main focus when it comes to pictures (no pun intended). So while the poster is quite clear (which rhymes with something that you can consider a pun), wait til you watch the movie ... and don't if you are easily offended or squeamish - there are quite the explicit pictures in this. Matt Smith in the title role is as good as it gets. I can imagine James Franco in this too (allegedly he was supposed to play the role), but it's probably better this way. So the movie does not rely on shock value alone, but if you thought Brokeback Mountain went too far, you ain't seen nothing yet ... still this is a really good biopic - at least for someone like me who does not know much about the real person.

simmonsNov 22, 2022

If you're interested in Maplethorpe, there's nothing here, and if you know nothing about him, you still won't find anything. Like every bad bio-pic "Do you know (insert famous name here)?"

꧁❤•༆Sushma༆•❤꧂Nov 22, 2022

Casting Matt Smith in the lead was a mistake, he lacks a certain Je ne sais quoi. I don't know what to make of Mapplethorpe honestly, would he be otherwise if he'd survived? We'll never know.

BLIKSEM BERGIGONov 22, 2022

Matt Smith is woefully miscast as Mapplethorpe, but the story and the dialogue don't do him any favours. This is not the Mapplethorpe of "Just Kids" or any interview that I have read. The production seems scared of itself and really brushes over sensitive subjects rather than take them on headlong. Mapplethorpe's story deserves a better telling than this.

Miss mine llNov 22, 2022

I feel like I need a silkwood scrub down after watching this piece of disgusting drivel! Avoid at all costs.

StoblaneNov 22, 2022

This movie was a horrible representation of a beautiful artist. Unlike Mapplethorpe's art, this film lacked focus, beauty, depth and anything that resembled the complicated, talented artist. It didn't even try to get below the surface and examine him as a person or an artist. Such a waste, I think the actors had the capability to make it great, but the writing and directing didn't support them at all.