Mark Gatiss on John Minton: The Lost Man of British Art (2018)
For the actor and writer Mark Gatiss, Minton has been something of an obsession since he first came across his work as a teenager and in this personal, authored film, he tells the story of Minton’s colourful, complex life for the first time on television.
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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
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It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,
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It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
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It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
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