All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)
93%RT Audience Score:
Awards & Nominations: NA
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a bone-deep look at a photographer’s fight against addiction and the institution responsible for her pain through her gritty lens.
If you’re looking for a book that’s equal parts raw and captivating, then All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is the one for you. It’s a story about a photographer who’s battling addiction and taking on the system that caused her so much pain. And let me tell you, she’s not holding back.
The author’s writing style is so gritty and real that you can practically feel the dirt under your fingernails as you turn the pages. It’s like she’s taking you on a journey through the darkest corners of her mind, and you can’t help but be drawn in.
But don’t worry, it’s not all doom and gloom. There are moments of beauty and hope scattered throughout the book that will make you smile and maybe even shed a tear or two. It’s a rollercoaster of emotions, but one that’s definitely worth the ride.
Overall, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is a must-read for anyone who loves a good story about overcoming adversity. It’s a book that will stay with you long after you’ve turned the final page. So go ahead and give it a shot – you won’t regret it!
Production Company(ies)
HBO Max, Participant, Social, VOD
Distributor
NEON
Release Type
Streaming, Streaming (Hbo Max), Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
Filming Location(s)
MPAA / Certificate
NR
Year of Release
2022
-
Color:Color
-
Sound mix:Dolby
-
Aspect ratio:NA
-
Runtime:1h 57m
-
Language(s):English
-
Country of origin:United States
-
Release date:Release Date (Theaters): Nov 23, 2022 Limited
Genre(s)
Documentary/Biography
Keyword(s)
Guillermo del Toro, Pinocchio, Netflix, love story, Best Picture, select theaters, December 9, Laura Poitras, Nan Goldin, Howard Gertler, John S Lyons, Yoni Golijov, Documentary, Biography, English, Nov 23, 2022, Limited, $38.2K, NEON, Dolby Digital, Nan Goldin, Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John S Lyons, Yoni Golijov, reviewed by Thelma Adams, Robert Abele, Lindsey Bahr, Tony Bravo, Barry Hertz, K Austin Collins, Eric Marchen, Chris Knight, Rendy Jones, Kelly Vance, Mark Dujsik, Academy Award, MPAA rating, bone-deep, photographer, addiction, institution, Sackler family, overdose crisis, fine art, Big Pharma, artist-activist, rebellious personality, AIDS movement, opioid crisis, powerful institutions, society’s most vulnerable
Worldwide gross: NA
Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA
US/Canada gross: NA
US/Canada gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
US/Canada opening weekend: $28,803
US/Canada opening weekend (inflation-adjusted): $28,803
US/Canada opening weekend ranking (inflation-adjusted): 2,365
Budget and Earnings Details
Production budget (est.): $10,000,000
Production budget (inflation-adjusted): $10,000,000
Production budget ranking: 1,618
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): $5,385,000
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
ROI ranking: NA
Laura Poitras – director, screenwriter
Nan Goldin – producer
Howard Gertler – producer
John S. Lyons – producer
Director(s)
Laura Poitras
Writer(s)
Laura Poitras
Producer(s)
Nan Goldin, Howard Gertler, John S. Lyons, Yoni Golijov, Laura Poitras
Film Festivals
Venice, Toronto
Awards & Nominations
NA
Academy Awards
All Critics (67) | Top Critics (25) | Fresh (64) | Rotten (3)
Two worlds collide — fine art and Big Pharma — in this compelling documentary about artist-activist Nan Goldin.
December 2, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Thelma Adams
AARP Movies for Grownups
TOP CRITIC
Poitras, whose gift for suspenseful contemplation is on full display here, layers her subject’s frank memories and insights over a rolling bounty of her photographs…
December 2, 2022
Robert Abele
Los Angeles Times
TOP CRITIC
The documentary weaves together these threads to make a holistic portrait of an artist’s battle cry.
November 29, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Lindsey Bahr
Associated Press
TOP CRITIC
No matter how closely you’ve followed Goldin’s career, or the story of the Sackler family’s forced reckoning, there is something new to learn in “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.”
November 29, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
Tony Bravo
San Francisco Chronicle
TOP CRITIC
I imagine, and perhaps hope, that Poitras and Goldin may never collaborate again. But we should be grateful that their art, and their activism, were brought together this one time.
November 29, 2022
Barry Hertz
Globe and Mail
TOP CRITIC
So much of this documentary is about what we cannot get back, what we were lucky enough to have when we had it, and what art preserves, accidentally and not.
November 29, 2022
K. Austin Collins
Rolling Stone
TOP CRITIC
As a singular subject and transgressive artist, Goldin’s rebellious personality is brilliantly embodied in All the Beauty and the Bloodshed.
December 4, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
Eric Marchen
Rogers TV
A well-rounded portrait of a complicated individual.
December 2, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/5
Chris Knight
National Post
Profoundly engrossing cinematic experience of human resilience. Capturing the form of storytelling through art and the strength that comes to power through art, this larger-than-life portrait of Nan Goldin is unlike anything I’ve ever seen.
December 2, 2022 | Rating: 5/5
Rendy Jones
Rendy Reviews
All the Beauty has a mission: to rally endangered creative types to resist those who would cynically exploit them in multiple ways while raking in truckloads of blood money. One can see it and be outraged.
December 2, 2022
Kelly Vance
East Bay Express
It’s a very intimate portrait…
December 1, 2022 | Rating: 3.5/4
Mark Dujsik
Mark Reviews Movies
Laura Poitras’s extraordinary documentary weaves the story of Nan Goldin’s career, linking the AIDS movement to the opioid crisis, in a timely tale of how powerful institutions squeeze the lives out of society’s most vulnerable.
November 30, 2022 | Rating: A
Liam Lacey
Original Cin…
Plot
An epic, emotional and interconnected story about artist and activist Nan Goldin told through her slideshows, intimate interviews, photography, and rare footage of her personal fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
Trivia
Goofs / Tidbits
Nan Goldin, the subject of the documentary, is a renowned photographer and artist known for her intimate and raw depictions of herself and her friends in the LGBTQ+ community.
Laura-Poitras.jpg
