Biutiful: Difference between revisions

| name = Biutiful▼

| music = [[Gustavo Santaolalla]]▼

| distributor = {{ubl|Videocine {{small|(Mexico)}}<ref name="BOM">{{mojo title|biutiful|Biutiful}}</ref>|[[United International Pictures]] {{small|(Spain)}}<ref name="BOM"/>}}▼

''Biutiful'' is formally recognised as a Mexico-Spanish co-production, even if US independent production companies also took part in the production.<ref name="tierney">{{Cite book|page=72|chapter=Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu: Director without Borders|title=New Transnationalisms in Contemporary Latin American Cinemas|first=Dolores|last=Tierney|publisher=[[Edinburgh University Press]]|year=2018|isbn=978-0-7486-4573-2}}</ref> It is a Menage Atroz, [[Cha Cha Cha Films|Cha Cha Cha]], MOD Producciones, Ikiru Films and [[Focus Features]] production<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://upnblib.pedagogica.edu.co/bitstream/handle/20.500.12209/9294/TO-21633.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|page=13|title=Cine del narcotráfico mexicano y colombiano. Análisis y perspectivas para la enseñanza de la historia del tiempo presente|first=Wilson Armando|last=Acosta Jiménez|year=2017}}</ref> and it also had the participation of [[Televisión Española|TVE]] and [[Televisió de Catalunya|TVC]].<ref name="tierney" /> Individual producers of the film include [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]], [[Jon Kilik]], [[Fernando Bovaira]], [[Ann Ruark]], and [[Sandra Hermida Muñiz|Sandra Hermida]]. The writers of the film include [[Alejandro González Iñárritu]], [[Armando Bó (screenwriter)|Armando Bó Jr]], and [[Nicolás Giacobone]].▼

The film's model, [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s ''[[Ikiru]]'', is described as a similar structure and morale in ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s article by Philip French. French writes: "the way a middle-aged Japanese civil servant reacts to the news that he has terminal cancer – and transformed it into a profound statement about the human condition".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/30/biutiful-review-philip-french-bardem|title=Biutiful – review|last=French|first=Philip|date=2011-01-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-02-17|language=en-GB|issn=0029-7712}}</ref>▼

===Critical reception===▼

[[Review aggregator]] website [[Rotten Tomatoes]] reports an approval rating of 66% based on 155 reviews, with an average rating of 6.43/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Javier Bardem's searing performance helps to elevate ''Biutiful'', as does Alejandro González Iñárritu's craftsmanship, but the film often lapses into contrivance and grimness."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/biutiful |title=Biutiful (2010) |work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|access-date=7 May 2020}}</ref> On [[Metacritic]] the film has a weighted average score of 58 out of 100, based on 33 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/biutiful |title=Biutiful Reviews |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=26 December 2012}}</ref>▼

Kirk Honeycutt of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' calls the film, "a gorgeous melancholy tone poem about love, fatherhood and guilt", and describes Bardem's performance as "...a knockout."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/biutiful-film-review-29616 | work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] | first=Kirk | last=Honeycutt | title=Biutiful -- Film Review | date=14 October 2010 |access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref> Betsy Sharkey of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' wrote, "Bardem gives a performance of staggering depth, unquestionably one of the year’s best."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://articles.latimes.com/2010/dec/29/entertainment/la-et-biutiful-20101229 | work=[[Los Angeles Times]] | first=Betsy | last=Sharkey | date=29 December 2010 | title=Movie review: 'Biutiful' |access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>▼

Some dismissed the story as too bleak; Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' wrote Iñárritu is "...stuck in a grim rut."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117942786?refcatid=31 | work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |publisher=[[Penske Business Media]] | first=Justin | last=Chang | title=Biutiful | date=17 May 2010 |access-date=16 March 2018}}</ref>▼

Filmmakers [[Sean Penn]], [[Werner Herzog]] and [[Michael Mann (director)|Michael Mann]] have been very outspoken in their acclaim for the film. Herzog likened it to a "poem" and Penn compared Bardem's performance to that of Marlon Brando's in ''[[Last Tango in Paris]]''. Hollywood star [[Julia Roberts]] has also been very supportive.▼

==Awards==▼