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GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN AND THE DREAMING CHILDMovie Reviews
Documentary about the creation of The Child Dreams, an opera designed by world-famous Austrian artist Gottfried Helnwein for the Israeli Opera in Tel Aviv in 2010. Cast:Gottfried HelnweinDirector:Lisa Kirk ColburnRelease Date:November 23, 2012DVD Release:March 19, 2013From:First RunLength:1 hr 10 min
MARCH 19, 2013
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child, Weak Reviews (Doc) NYC
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child played in New York City to weak reviews. • Abhimanyu Das wrote for Slant, "A haphazard patchwork of talking-head interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage... director Lisa Kirk Colburn never figures out what she's really interested in." More Reviews Below...
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child Positive Reviews (6 Reviews, reviews below)
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (3 Reviews)
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "Though it holds visual and thematic interest, the film banally strings Gottfried Helnwein's musings together with creative wrangles during rehearsals."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 11/23/12
Kyle Smith, New York Post: POOR(cg) "...an infomercial for Helnwein's work... doesn't tell us a lot about how opera comes together, but it is accidentally revealing about its subject."(See all of Kyle Smith's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 246 words, 11/21/12
Jonathan Kiefer, Village Voice: MODERATE "...while the opera nonetheless soars, this documentary about it suffers some dramatic slackness from the inevitable drawing board tedium of performance preparation."(See all of Jonathan Kiefer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 11/21/12
KEY CITIES (0 Reviews)
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child has not been reviewed in Key Cities
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (2 Reviews)
Jonathan Kiefer, Village Voice: MODERATE "...while the opera nonetheless soars, this documentary about it suffers some dramatic slackness from the inevitable drawing board tedium of performance preparation."(See all of Jonathan Kiefer's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 11/21/12
Abhimanyu Das, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "A haphazard patchwork of talking-head interviews and fly-on-the-wall footage... director Lisa Kirk Colburn never figures out what she's really interested in."(See all of Abhimanyu Das's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 635 words, 11/18/12
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "Though it holds visual and thematic interest, the film banally strings Gottfried Helnwein's musings together with creative wrangles during rehearsals."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 11/23/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (3 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: WEAK "Lisa Kirk Colburn's focus is so single-mindedly laudatory that the whole collaborative process is reduced to people either helping or hindering the visiting genius."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 392 words, 11/26/12
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter: WEAK "...never achieves any real depth.... What might have made a mildly interesting short feels vastly attenuated even with its brief 72-minute running time."(See all of Frank Scheck's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 365 words, 11/25/12
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times: FAIR "Though it holds visual and thematic interest, the film banally strings Gottfried Helnwein's musings together with creative wrangles during rehearsals."(See all of Nicolas Rapold's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 253 words, 11/23/12
12.3 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child's reviews are separated by an average 12.3 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
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Coverage:Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child's reviews cover 6.9% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 2,094 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 349 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child Coverage, Volume & Length (6 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 12.9 Hours Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child's reviews on average broke 12.9 hours before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Gottfried Helnwein and the Dreaming Child (6 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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