"DalíLand" Biopic Starring Ben Kingsley Brings Salvador Dalí to Life with Myth and Intrigue
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Washington Post
"DalíLand," a biopic about the famous surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, starring Sir Ben Kingsley, is a dull and unengaging film that fails to capture the colorful and larger-than-life personality of its subject. Directed by Mary Harron, the film lacks energy and fails to convince as a slice of mid-1970s art life. Despite the talent on hand, including Kingsley and German actress Barbara Sukowa, the film is uninspired and mostly plays like a mildly risqué sitcom. The worst sin of "DalíLand" is that it's boring, even when trying to tell the origin story of Dalí's famous painting "The Persistence of Memory."