Shirkers
2018, Documentary, 1h 36m
69 Reviews 250+ RatingsWhat to know
Shirkers uses one woman's interrogation of a pivotal personal disappointment to offer affecting observations on creativity, lost opportunity, and coming to terms with the past. Read critic reviews
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All Critics (69) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (69)
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An irresistible mix of insouciance and precocious maturity. Much of its charm lies in Tan's ironic irreverence as the film's narrator.
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What Tan has given us is an incredible, sui generis tribute to the international lingua franca of D.I.Y. cinempowerment.
December 26, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review… -
It's a charming, wistful movie, and I trust Tan will not have to wait another 20 years to direct her next film.
December 7, 2018 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
The movie is many things at once.
November 28, 2018 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
On one level, Shirkers is a memoir - a fond, self-deprecating mulling-over of Tan's crazy, inspired, partly embarrassing but furiously creative youth.
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Deeply personal, fabulously engrossing.
October 29, 2018 | Rating: 4.5/5 | Full Review…
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Jan 19, 2019An incredibly moving portrait of failure. By the end, this documentary turns out to not just be a requiem for a lost piece of art, but for lost time, friendships, and places.Alec B Super Reviewer
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Dec 10, 2018For anyone with artistic ambitions who feel as if nothing ever goes their way or that they'll never achieve the level of success they desire Shirkers offers an anxiety-inducing set of circumstances that, at the very least, immediately lets you know you're not alone...which is simultaneously comforting and unnerving given it means there's one more person out there who has your same dream, but may very well be more talented and therefore more deserving. It's difficult to not get caught up in the immense anger and confusion our narrator must be trying to work through knowing a different life path might have been readily accessible, but was stolen from her unfairly and ultimately led to a life of confusion and apprehension. It's also brave of writer/director Sandi Tan to so willingly embrace who she was twenty-five years earlier-as a precocious child-but Shirkers is very clearly Tan's attempt to work through that anxiety and regret that she can't even be blamed for; an attempt to make some sense of why her life took the course it did. Lastly, while every film is a time capsule in its own sense, it is striking how much the footage of Tan's first feature actually evokes so much of that time period and makes it both a nostalgic trip down memory lane while also radiating this ethereal quality as if to somewhat convince viewers it was all a fantastic dream anyway.Philip P Super Reviewer
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