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A thoroughly engrossing documentary examining the life of talented but troubled writer Charles Bukowski.
All Critics (49) | Top Critics (20) | DVD (2)
An amazing, worthy journey. Oct 28, 2004 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
An amazing, worthy journey.
Jane Sumner
Provides an overview of Bukowski's work and allows us to gaze into the soul of a man who built a fortress of toughness around his vulnerable core. Aug 20, 2004 | Rating: B+
Provides an overview of Bukowski's work and allows us to gaze into the soul of a man who built a fortress of toughness around his vulnerable core.
Robert Denerstein
The filmmaker knows when to shift the rhythm of his investigation. The authenticity of art is woven with the artifice of life. Aug 20, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
The filmmaker knows when to shift the rhythm of his investigation. The authenticity of art is woven with the artifice of life.
Lisa Kennedy
Over a period of seven years, Dullaghan interviewed hundreds of people who knew or were affected by Bukowski. The result is both wide-ranging and intimate. Jul 30, 2004 | Rating: 3/4
Over a period of seven years, Dullaghan interviewed hundreds of people who knew or were affected by Bukowski. The result is both wide-ranging and intimate.
John Hartl
How much was legend, how much was pose, how much was real? I think it was all real, and the documentary suggests as much. Jul 16, 2004 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
How much was legend, how much was pose, how much was real? I think it was all real, and the documentary suggests as much.
Roger Ebert
Dullaghan's raw and defining documentary about the man -- and the myth. Jul 15, 2004 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Dullaghan's raw and defining documentary about the man -- and the myth.
Allison Benedikt
This excels by not merely charting the fascinating raw materials of the man's life and work, but in finding a symbiosis between its own aesthetic and the spirit of its subject Dec 8, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
This excels by not merely charting the fascinating raw materials of the man's life and work, but in finding a symbiosis between its own aesthetic and the spirit of its subject
PJ Nabarro
We witness Bukowski warts and all in his worst, in his best, and at his most violent--and we still love him for it. Apr 29, 2009 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
We witness Bukowski warts and all in his worst, in his best, and at his most violent--and we still love him for it.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
This thorough documentary is essential for the poet's fans. Jun 30, 2006 | Rating: A | Full Review…
This thorough documentary is essential for the poet's fans.
Dennis Schwartz
there is plenty of conflict to be found in the Bukowski's life and work, yet little of it makes its way into Born into This Apr 14, 2006 | Rating: 3/5
there is plenty of conflict to be found in the Bukowski's life and work, yet little of it makes its way into Born into This
Matt McKillop
[Bukowski] is never seen in less than fighting spirit or formidable form throughout the documentary Bukowski: Born into This. Aug 20, 2005 | Rating: 3/4
[Bukowski] is never seen in less than fighting spirit or formidable form throughout the documentary Bukowski: Born into This.
Duane Dudek
Loving tribute to an American original Jun 10, 2005 | Full Review…
Loving tribute to an American original
Louis Proyect
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