Carlos Castaneda - Enigma of a Sorcerer Reviews

tiresome before the opening credits even roll... with the air of a cable access show

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/5

An unfocused film that fails, at least for this uninitiated viewer, to open a door into any kind of reality, ordinary or otherwise.

Full Review | Original Score: D+

Torjan has absolutely zero grasp of pacing or narrative structure.

| Original Score: 1.5/4

Unless you are already a fan of Castaneda, the film is likely to leave you feeling as though you've just watched a very long, lost episode of that old TV series In Search of ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

If only there were drugs strong enough to make it all bearable.

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This documentary might have been better off as an audio book.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4

Was Carlos Castaneda a great spiritual leader or a cynical con man? A digital video documentary struggles with that question but ultimately declines to answer it.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

It will leave true believers deeply disillusioned and everybody else apathetic.

| Original Score: 2/5

The trippy omnipresent bluescreen opticals and the incessant electronic score are both distracting and headache inducing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Not only doesn't provide any real information, it barely manages to convey why we should care.

Even ignoring the low-grade aesthetics, the documentary feels like you've stepped into a geek-nerd convention where all but hardcore initiates will be either bored or amused by the proceedings.

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True believers will be thrilled that someone even made a movie about their hero; everyone else will find better-produced material on cable access.

Full Review | Original Score: D

Though interviews here are primarily with former camp followers and pic was made by one, overall perspective is just critical enough to satisfy both New Age types and curious skeptics.

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