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Crumb (1994)

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Average Rating: 10/10
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So well-regarded was the documentary Crumb (1994) that the failure of it and of the same year's equally acclaimed Hoop Dreams (1994) to result in Oscar nominations caused a media furor which forced the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to revamp its documentary nomination process. Robert Crumb is a respected but controversial underground comic book artist and writer whose creations include the popular "Keep on Truckin'" and Fritz the Cat (1972). Crumb's adult subject matter includes

Mar 9, 1999

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

All Critics (58) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (43) | Rotten (2) | DVD (19)

Crumb's sense of humor is his saving personal grace and the movie's insurance policy against total immersion into the morbid. But just so you know, Crumb fully earns its most revealing screen credit: 'David Lynch Presents.'

January 1, 2000 Comment
USA Today
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Crumb may be rough around the edges, even occasionally tedious, but what Zwigoff manages to uncover is honest, captivating and strangely visceral.

October 14, 2010 Full Review Source: IGN DVD | Comment
IGN DVD

(An) offbeat and often uncomfortably revealing portrait of the legendary underground comic book artist Robert Crumb and his brothers, Maxon and Charles...

August 11, 2010 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

A balanced and insightful portrait of a fascinating artist, a wrenching and unvarnished depiction of a tragic family, an incredible statement of friendship, and one of the most inspired depictions of the creative process I've ever seen.

August 11, 2010 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

an absolutely disarming documentary and one of the very best of its kind

August 10, 2010 Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | Comment
Q Network Film Desk

Filled with haunting images, only a few of which are created by the hand of R. Crumb.

August 7, 2010 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Among the all-time great American documentaries.

July 1, 2010 Full Review Source: Oregonian | Comment
Oregonian

interesting

March 11, 2008 Comment

This brilliant docu is not just a portrait of a compulsive artist, but also a deep inquiry into the mysteries of art, creativity, mental illness and family bind.

June 6, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

Sporadically intriguing but ultimately overrated...

May 6, 2006 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comment
Reel Film Reviews

Zwigoff's biography of Crumb is both absorbing and repellent, and it may be one of the best documentaries to make the connection between creativity and craziness.

May 5, 2006 Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | Comment

As biographical documentaries go, this one holds our attention from start to finish. It ropes in obviously reluctant participants, it offers a nice balance between private and public moments, and it provides plenty of the cartoonist's illustrations.

April 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis | Comment
Movie Metropolis

Geek coolness abounds.

October 27, 2005 Comment
ColeSmithey.com
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Audience Reviews for Crumb

I have a hard time recommending this. The film is a typical talking head doc about comics artist Robert Crumb, with all the traits you'd expect -- childhood, interviews with family and friends, examples of his work. It's definitely interesting, and the guy is a talented artist to be sure. But his style of art, his

July 5, 2009
webalina

Super Reviewer

You have probably seen Robert Crumb's images somewhere, be it on a comic book, a set of mud flaps, or in your mind at night. Crumb's documentary is an examination of what led him to what could have been a lucrative existence as a 1960's icon that he shunned. Yes, Crumb is one of the few people with a little artistic

January 23, 2009
sononothing

Super Reviewer

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