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12/06/05
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Mule Skinner Blues (2002)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:18
Rotten:4
Average Rating:6.7/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 12, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: In this unique documentary by Stephen Earnhart, a group of aspiring artists living in a Florida trailer park are the focus. A yodeler, Ms. Jeanie, impresses her listeners with her country music... [More]
Director: Stephen Earnhart
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Reviews for Mule Skinner Blues
Top CriticNo review available.
10/03/05
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05/13/05
Top CriticBeanie's a big believer in appreciating the art in your own neighborhood even if it isn't backed by a multimillion-dollar budget — and so am I.
03/10/03
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12/08/02
Top CriticThough director Earnhart has yet to find the ironic distance, sharp interviewing techniques or creative editing of documentarians like Chris Smith ... and Errol Morris ... Mule Skinner Blues suggests he is on the right track.
07/20/02
Top CriticIt will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster.
06/21/02
Stephen Earnhart’s documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition – wearing a cloak of unsentimental, straightforward text – when it’s really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type.
05/28/02
As amusing as it often is, it is even more affectionate.
05/02/02
Top Critic
Has all the poignancy of a Hallmark card and all the comedy of a Gallagher stand-up act.
05/02/02
The charms of willful eccentricity, at least as evidenced by this latest cinematic essay, are beginning to wear a bit thin.
04/26/02
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04/20/02
Top CriticA treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you're a struggling nobody.
04/12/02
This is as powerful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters, and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives.
04/12/02
What emerges is not only a portrait of some of the more colorful denizens of Mayport, Florida, but also a moving examination of the power of art to transform lives.
04/12/02
Watching Beanie and his gang put together his slasher video from spare parts and borrowed materials is as much fun as it must have been for them to make it.
04/12/02
Top CriticBoisterous and daft documentary.
04/12/02
Top CriticIt might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs, but Mr. Earnhart's quizzical, charming movie allows us to see them, finally, as artists.
04/12/02
Top CriticBy the time we learn that Andrew's Turnabout Is Fair Play is every bit as awful as Borchardt's Coven, we can enjoy it anyway.
04/09/02
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