Loving Vincent

[Drunk Monk]

A brilliant achievement in animation - hand-painted in Van Gogh's style all the way through and the effect is shimmering and spectacular. It's a Rashomon-like tale as the protagonist tries to deliver a final letter from Vincent to Theo, and meets the subjects of his paintings, each with their own perspective of his suicide. It's a little long winded, but the paintings come to life so gorgeously that the plot is forgiven. The details are worth seeing it on a big screen. I've interviewed Saiorse Ronan, and gazed into those hypnotic blue eyes of hers, and this is the first film that comes close to capturing them. In the same manner, it brings life to the paintings. If you've ever seen Van Gogh paintings in person, you know that so much is lost in their reproduction. He painted so thick that it is almost sculptural, plus he pulled colors out of paint that fade in prints. The dynamism of animating them restores some of the vibrancy, albeit in an illusory fashion, but it's still visually captivating. 

I would watch this again with a different soundtrack playing over the dialog, and some absinthe - drinking whenever someone drinks in the film. Probably wouldn't make it to the end but it'd be worth a try.