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The unsuspecting stars (who died in 1992 and '96, respectively) begin to seem less like nightmare neighbors and more like the victims of rampant exploitation and voyeurism. Oct 13, 2011 | Full Review…
The unsuspecting stars (who died in 1992 and '96, respectively) begin to seem less like nightmare neighbors and more like the victims of rampant exploitation and voyeurism.
J. R. Jones
Bate chronicles the whole wooly story with admirable clarity and resourcefulness, even when a lack of visual material forces him to resort too often to reenactment and dramatization. Sep 23, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Bate chronicles the whole wooly story with admirable clarity and resourcefulness, even when a lack of visual material forces him to resort too often to reenactment and dramatization.
Ann Hornaday
Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story, which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation. Sep 22, 2011 | Rating: 3/4
Casts a wide net of inquiry over this sometimes appalling story, which raises timely questions about the differences between creation and exploitation.
Tom Keogh
It's a strange story, and the stylish and well-edited documentary "Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure" gets it down. But yet it doesn't quite get it. Sep 16, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4
It's a strange story, and the stylish and well-edited documentary "Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure" gets it down. But yet it doesn't quite get it.
Stephen Whitty
For the most part, this is a feature-length documentary that begs to be turned into a YouTube clip -- junky and ephemeral. Sep 16, 2011 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
For the most part, this is a feature-length documentary that begs to be turned into a YouTube clip -- junky and ephemeral.
Kyle Smith
Goes from funny to not funny in about the length of time it takes for the lawyers to get involved. Sep 15, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…
Goes from funny to not funny in about the length of time it takes for the lawyers to get involved.
Mark Olsen
An intriguing study of how information spreads, and a sober meditation on human relationships. Aug 30, 2018 | Full Review…
An intriguing study of how information spreads, and a sober meditation on human relationships.
Pat Padua
What starts as a clever comedy piece about the popularity of the actual recordings becomes something more poignant when director Matthew Bate starts asking questions about privacy and unwanted celebrity. Oct 14, 2011 | Rating: 3.5/5.0 | Full Review…
What starts as a clever comedy piece about the popularity of the actual recordings becomes something more poignant when director Matthew Bate starts asking questions about privacy and unwanted celebrity.
Brian Tallerico
It's a fascinating, occasionally nauseating tale of wasted human life, energy, and brain cells. Oct 9, 2011 | Full Review…
It's a fascinating, occasionally nauseating tale of wasted human life, energy, and brain cells.
Chris Chang
Bate's facile and dispiriting documentary never makes a case for why this particular slice of audio verité required resurrecting from the graveyard of pop culture arcana. Oct 7, 2011 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
Bate's facile and dispiriting documentary never makes a case for why this particular slice of audio verité required resurrecting from the graveyard of pop culture arcana.
Kimberley Jones
Bate sort of lets everyone off the hook under the art-for-art's-sake clause. But at least he raises the still-relevant question of whether just because you can tape your neighbor makes it art - or makes it right. Sep 29, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
Bate sort of lets everyone off the hook under the art-for-art's-sake clause. But at least he raises the still-relevant question of whether just because you can tape your neighbor makes it art - or makes it right.
Chris Foran
As much fun as "Shut Up, Little Man" is at times, you can't shake the feeling that watching the documentary is the next link in a long chain of exploitation that leads back 20 years. Sep 23, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review…
As much fun as "Shut Up, Little Man" is at times, you can't shake the feeling that watching the documentary is the next link in a long chain of exploitation that leads back 20 years.
Rob Thomas
Eddie Sausage and Mitch Deprey turn their loud, hellish neighbors into veritable cash-cows, blurring the line between artistic freedom and invasive exploitation.
Super Reviewer
Two arty, smart-ass twentysomethings start recording the wildly abusive arguments of their bitter, drunk neighbors, and the resulting tapes become a perverse, underground sensation. It's a rather silly, trivial story, so this low-budget documentary inevitably doesn't offer much food for thought. Still, it's an entertaining film that is over fast enough to avoid becoming a chore. It could have been even shorter, though -- tangents into other found-audio snickers such as the Tube Bar prank calls and Orson Welles' frozen-peas commercial seem indulgent and unnecessary. But you won't want to miss the landmark moment when the woozy, elderly Peter repeats his signature catchphrase on camera -- for fans of these tapes, it's like hearing a lost recording of the Gettysburg Address.
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