Documentary about the discovery of over 100,000 photographs and negatives taken by the late Vivian Maier, a nanny who...
Documentary about the discovery of over 100,000 photographs and negatives taken by the late Vivian Maier, a nanny who kept her passion for photography a secret from even her closest friends. John Maloof was the real estate agent who won the photographs at an auction, only to discover the secret life of the accomplished street photographer.
Maier travelled all over the world during the 1950s and 1960s, visiting the roughest parts of cities to take the most interesting portraits of the people she saw. It is only now that she is receiving recognition for her work that she kept hidden from the world when she was alive.
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95 %103 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
89 %9,062 reviewsAudience score rating
"Vivien Maier -- a street-snappin’, newspaper-hoarding nanny from Chicago -- is essentially a kindred spirit to the atonal-folk warbler of Jandek on Corwood, the phantom tile-maker of Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles and the reclusive, fantasy-painting janitor of In the Realms of the Unreal. As with those films, Finding Vivian Maier is driven by a genuinely consuming curiosity, taking delight in excavating hitherto unavailable information about a creative enigma whom, perhaps, would rather remain that way."
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Flicks
Flicks"An aptly obsessive study of obsession."
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Variety
Variety"An exciting electric current of discovery runs through this."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"A fascinating story which continues to raise more questions than it answers."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Treats Maier's background as a puzzle that doubles as self-promotion, supporting her photographs with an amazing story that gives them context."
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The Dissolve
The Dissolve"Downbeat and inconclusive, but likeable all the same."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"A sleekly assembled and intriguing project, if clearly a very commercial proposition."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"An intriguing look at a lost voice."
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Empire Magazine
Empire MagazineFinding Vivian Maier | Details
- Runtime
- 83
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
