Dreams with Sharp Teeth (2008)

As documentaries go, it's a brilliant distillation of a figure of almost impossible scope. Here's hoping it opens Ellison up to a whole new audience - and here's knowing that they won't be ready for him.

Although nearly every filmgoer will enjoy the larger than life player in this 90- some minute presentation, writers will especially relate (or take exception, as the case may be).

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(Ellison) does not suffer fools easily, and from his tight-rope walker´s point of view there are an awful lot of fools down there.

All told, Ellison is a fascinating person to spend 96 minutes with. But you probably shouldn't risk that 97th.

A fascinating, if cautious, portrait of a great writer and a world-class crank who is never less than compelling and often completely justified in his rants.

Will inspire all writers, anyone concerned with intellectual property rights and every independent-minded grouch, whether or not he gives a fig for art or has a creative bone in his body.

If Nelson’s aim was simply to give this bull a stage on which to rage, he’s succeeded; if the director is also trying to advocate the importance of Ellison as a man of letters, he’s wildly off the mark.

More content to hang out with Ellison ... than systematically pick him apart and put him back together like a jigsaw puzzle.