My Nikifor Explained

My Nikifor
Director:Krzysztof Krauze
Starring:Krystyna Feldman
Roman Gancarczyk
Jerzy Gudejko
Cinematography:Krzysztof Ptak
Country:Poland
Language:Polish
Gross:$ 213,505[1]
Runtime:97 minutes

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: My Nikifor (2004). Box Office Mojo.
  2. News: The Uma Thurman film so bad it made £88 on opening weekend. The Guardian. 24 July 2021. London. 26 March 2010. Amelia. Hill.
  3. News: Uma Thurman film is mother of all flops. The Sunday Times. Kit. Codling. 28 March 2010. dead. 15 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20110615074914/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/film/article7078845.ece. 15 June 2011.
  4. Web site: Moj Nikifor (My Nikifor) (2004). Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. 24 July 2021.
  5. My Nikifor. Hammond. Wally. Time Out. 10 September 2007.
  6. My Nikifor. Felperin. Leslie. Variety. 10 November 2004.
  7. News: 5 September 2007. 24 July 2021. BBC News. My Nikifor (2007). Dawson. Thomas.
  8. News: Polish film wins Czech honours. BBC News. 11 July 2005. 24 July 2021.
  9. News: 'My Nikifor' and 'The Boys of Baraka' Honored at Chicago International Film Festival. Brooks. Brian. IndieWire. 18 October 2005. 24 July 2021.
  10. Web site: Awards. Polish Film Festival in America. 24 July 2021.