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Exhilarating both stylistically and for its entertaining, moving portrayal of an everyman, American Splendor is a portrait of a true underground original.
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I can't imagine how the filmmakers went about it, let alone pulled the whole thing off, but their film comes together in unpredictable and remarkably pleasurable ways. April 12, 2013 | Full Review…
I can't imagine how the filmmakers went about it, let alone pulled the whole thing off, but their film comes together in unpredictable and remarkably pleasurable ways.
Joe Morgenstern
The rare artist biopic that goes beyond the dull march of events and actually illuminates the creative process. July 14, 2010
The rare artist biopic that goes beyond the dull march of events and actually illuminates the creative process.
Scott Tobias
A glorious rebuke to all this summer's recycled, effects-ridden, laboriously "fun" Hollywood disappointments piled along the wayside like so many crashed cars. August 18, 2008 | Full Review…
A glorious rebuke to all this summer's recycled, effects-ridden, laboriously "fun" Hollywood disappointments piled along the wayside like so many crashed cars.
David Ansen
We're constantly kept on our toes regarding issues of representation while Pekar's sour but indefatigible working-class skepticism carries us along. April 17, 2007 | Full Review…
We're constantly kept on our toes regarding issues of representation while Pekar's sour but indefatigible working-class skepticism carries us along.
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Hugely enjoyable and very clever portrait of Harvey Pekar. February 9, 2006 | Full Review…
Hugely enjoyable and very clever portrait of Harvey Pekar.
Geoff Andrew
It would be a mistake to regard American Splendor as an anthem for the common man. It is the uncommon that is being celebrated here. August 7, 2004
It would be a mistake to regard American Splendor as an anthem for the common man. It is the uncommon that is being celebrated here.
Peter Rainer
Played to perfection by Paul Giamatti, Pekar defies the categories of hero, villain, or even anti-hero. He simply exists, an ordinary man trying to make the best of a largely disappointing life. August 27, 2018 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
Played to perfection by Paul Giamatti, Pekar defies the categories of hero, villain, or even anti-hero. He simply exists, an ordinary man trying to make the best of a largely disappointing life.
Monica Reid
What makes the film special throughout is the way its form mirrors its subject matter. On every level, it's a film about unlikely marriages. April 10, 2018 | Full Review…
What makes the film special throughout is the way its form mirrors its subject matter. On every level, it's a film about unlikely marriages.
Amy Taubin
Like Ghost World before it, Pulcini and Berman have taken an unconventional comic and given it a cinematic make-over. June 4, 2014 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Like Ghost World before it, Pulcini and Berman have taken an unconventional comic and given it a cinematic make-over.
Glenn Dunks
Underneath all this schtick pulses a restrained, pensive take on how the terrific loneliness of the modern human condition can be ameliorated through its narration. Misery loves company, in other words, especially if it's comically described. June 18, 2012 | Full Review…
Underneath all this schtick pulses a restrained, pensive take on how the terrific loneliness of the modern human condition can be ameliorated through its narration. Misery loves company, in other words, especially if it's comically described.
Lisa Rosman
Channels Pekar's vision of art and life as twinned struggles. One of cinema's great first-date sequences is here. We're splendidly shown how a lower-class nine-to-fiver has his own creative selves and richly expressive life. May 10, 2012 | Full Review…
Channels Pekar's vision of art and life as twinned struggles. One of cinema's great first-date sequences is here. We're splendidly shown how a lower-class nine-to-fiver has his own creative selves and richly expressive life.
Brian Gibson
Earthy, gritty and real; for older kids. December 21, 2010 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…
Earthy, gritty and real; for older kids.
Nell Minow
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