Frida (2002)

"Bringing a fiery warmth and accessibility to the central role, [Hayek] proves a good match for the artist as she depicts Kahlo's indomitable will to live, love and paint."

"It's a solid introduction to the cult of Kahlo, devoting almost as much screen time to her work as to her affairs, tantrums and betrayals by Rivera, doctors and her own treacherous flesh."

"The further it strays from sober naturalism, the better Frida is."

"It's enough to make you scurry off to find a book about Frida Kahlo - which is, perhaps, the ultimate compliment for a film biography."

"Hamstrung by a script that seems determined to stop at all the big moments in Frida's life without giving anything time to resonate."

"Sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colourful event to another without respite, but sometimes it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did, too."

"Meticulously mounted, exasperatingly well-behaved film, which ticks off Kahlo's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant."