Had been wanting to see this for a long time. Finally did today.
(93) Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (2006): I almost gave up on this film. It started slow and didn't hold my attention very well. I think director Steven Shainberg needs to hold himself accountable for this pacing problem. It finally did pick up and ended much better than it started. The real-life Diane Arbus was a great photographer, and we get hints of that in this movie. However, this is an imaginary tale and as such it's just OK. Nicole Kidman as Diane Arbus, and Robert Downey Jr., as Lionel Sweeney are both good, as is Ty Burrell as Allan Arbus, Diane's husband. Chronologically, we're to assume the events in this film take place before Arbus found her eye for photographing the strange and different people for which she's best known.
Anyway, I may give the film another watch one of these days, because it's possible the beginning is a little better than I'm suggesting, but either way if you watch this film just stick with it. It ends nicely.
3 Stars
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