Crumb (1995)
Average Rating: 8.4/10
Reviews Counted: 41
Fresh: 39 | Rotten: 2
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Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 0
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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
May 19, 1995 Wide
Mar 9, 1999
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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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.'
Top CriticCrumb may be rough around the edges, even occasionally tedious, but what Zwigoff manages to uncover is honest, captivating and strangely visceral.
(An) offbeat and often uncomfortably revealing portrait of the legendary underground comic book artist Robert Crumb and his brothers, Maxon and Charles...
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.
an absolutely disarming documentary and one of the very best of its kind
Filled with haunting images, only a few of which are created by the hand of R. Crumb.
Among the all-time great American documentaries.
interesting
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.
Sporadically intriguing but ultimately overrated...
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.
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.
Geek coolness abounds.
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