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"Magical Universe" is a tender portrait of the artist as a weirdly gifted, wildly prolific and strange man. Nov 6, 2014 | Full Review…
"Magical Universe" is a tender portrait of the artist as a weirdly gifted, wildly prolific and strange man.
Michael Rechtshaffen
While Mr. Workman evidently respects Mr. Carbee's talent, he also frames his movie as a trite narrative about a kind of lovably odd acquaintance who comes out of his shell, without many incisive ideas about shaping or broadening the material. Oct 30, 2014 | Full Review…
While Mr. Workman evidently respects Mr. Carbee's talent, he also frames his movie as a trite narrative about a kind of lovably odd acquaintance who comes out of his shell, without many incisive ideas about shaping or broadening the material.
Nicolas Rapold
A whiff of the strange never quite lifts from the real-life story of Al Carbee, a Maine outsider artist who converted his ramshackle home into a cavernous diorama for Barbie dolls. Oct 29, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
A whiff of the strange never quite lifts from the real-life story of Al Carbee, a Maine outsider artist who converted his ramshackle home into a cavernous diorama for Barbie dolls.
Joshua Rothkopf
This story is about tenderness and empathy, including Carbee's for his plastic proxies. Oct 28, 2014 | Full Review…
This story is about tenderness and empathy, including Carbee's for his plastic proxies.
Abby Garnett
Carbee is such a benign, downright lovable presence, and so obviously tickled by the attention, that the film doesn't seem at all exploitative. Nov 3, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
Carbee is such a benign, downright lovable presence, and so obviously tickled by the attention, that the film doesn't seem at all exploitative.
Mike D'Angelo
An odor of condescension and, eventually, exploitation inescapably emanates. Oct 31, 2014 | Full Review…
An odor of condescension and, eventually, exploitation inescapably emanates.
David Noh
To varying degrees of success, it attempts to prominently display Al Carbee's creations, yet keeps undermining his art in favor of investigating his skewed relationship to everyday realities. Oct 30, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
To varying degrees of success, it attempts to prominently display Al Carbee's creations, yet keeps undermining his art in favor of investigating his skewed relationship to everyday realities.
Nick McCarthy
Obsessive artist, obsessed filmmaker. Worth all the obsession? Somewhat. Oct 28, 2014 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Obsessive artist, obsessed filmmaker. Worth all the obsession? Somewhat.
Roger Moore
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