"Jeffrey Wright is absolutely brilliant in the role of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the young American painter whose brief life spanned the explosion of money and fame that colored the art world in the 1980s... It's a terrific film, a remarkable first feature by Julian Schnabel... and the performances by Jeffrey Wright, so tender, so restrained, so charismatic, is a great piece of work, certainly worthy of Oscar consideration... it's one of the year's best movies. I know I'll see it again very soon... two thumbs up, way up for Basquiat..." Gene Siskel