The Outsider Reviews
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Jarecki's tour of Toback's world may glean more than probe. But as these kinds of trips go, even looking at the scenery yields fascinating sights and stirs worthwhile curiosity.
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| Original Score: 3/4
As is often the case with Toback's films, even as you're shaking your head at his shameless self-indulgence, you can't help but keep on watching.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
The Outsider, Nicholas Jarecki's starstruck documentary about the writer and director James Toback, is a tragically missed opportunity to illuminate one of the more unusual cinematic talents working today.
| Original Score: 2/5
Jarecki certainly thinks his subject deserves such an accolade, and he's made a great-looking film to make his case, one that is edited gracefully and briskly -- and leaves the heady aftertaste of birthday cake.
Among the great docs about moviemaking.
[A] delicious cult-of-personality documentary...
Toback is not a household name, but he tends to be a favorite among people who have seen his pictures, which are unlike anyone else's.
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| Original Score: 4/4
