My Nikifor

My Nikifor
Directed byKrzysztof Krauze
Written byKrzysztof Krauze
Joanna Kos-Krauze
Jack Kelleher
StarringKrystyna Feldman
Roman Gancarczyk
Jerzy Gudejko
CinematographyKrzysztof Ptak
Release dates
Running time
97 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$ 213,505[1]

My Nikifor (Polish: Mój Nikifor) is a 2004 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. It is based on the life of Nikifor, a folk and naïve painter.

Cast

Release

In the United Kingdom, My Nikifor opened with a box office gross of only £7 upon its release in 2007, making it the lowest-grossing film release in British history.[2][3]

Reception

Basing on 8 critics, My Nikifor holds an 88% rank on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, with an average rating of 6/10.[4]

Wally Hammond of Time Out gave the film 3 out of 5 and called acting as "solid".[5]

In a review for Variety, Leslie Felperin wrote: "Though in most respects a conventional painter's biopic, My Nikifor has some interesting warps in its canvas".[6]

According to Thomas Dawson of BBC, the film "is a spare yet affecting cinematic portrait".[7]

Awards

Bibliography

  • Brooks, Xan (14 September 2007). "My Nikifor". The Guardian.
  • "My Nikifor Review". Total Film. GamesRadar+. 14 September 2007.

References

  1. ^ "My Nikifor (2004)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Hill, Amelia (26 March 2010). "The Uma Thurman film so bad it made £88 on opening weekend". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  3. ^ Codling, Kit (28 March 2010). "Uma Thurman film is mother of all flops". The Sunday Times. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2010.
  4. ^ "Moj Nikifor (My Nikifor) (2004)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  5. ^ Hammond, Wally (10 September 2007). "My Nikifor". Time Out.
  6. ^ Felperin, Leslie (10 November 2004). "My Nikifor". Variety.
  7. ^ Dawson, Thomas (5 September 2007). "My Nikifor (2007)". BBC News. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  8. ^ "Polish film wins Czech honours". BBC News. 11 July 2005. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  9. ^ Brooks, Brian (18 October 2005). "'My Nikifor' and 'The Boys of Baraka' Honored at Chicago International Film Festival". IndieWire. Retrieved 24 July 2021.
  10. ^ "Awards". Polish Film Festival in America. Retrieved 24 July 2021.