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Crumb (1995)

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Reviews Counted:35

Fresh:33

Rotten:2

Average Rating:8.3/10

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Produced by David Lynch, this acclaimed, often unsettling portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb, most famous for his Zap Comix, "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon and the x-rated character Fritz the Cat,... Produced by David Lynch, this acclaimed, often unsettling portrait of cartoonist Robert Crumb, most famous for his Zap Comix, "Keep on Truckin'" cartoon and the x-rated character Fritz the Cat, lifts the page and looks into the twisted roots of the artist's inspired lunacy. CRUMB traces the lives of underground cartoonist Robert Crumb and his extraordinarily dysfunctional family. As children, the three Crumb brothers escaped from their abusive home by indulging in an imaginative life centered on comic books, but Robert is the only one who has fashioned any sort of normal existence. Now a famous cartoonist, he creates work that revels in the darker side of the human condition, hilarious and often offensive work that is obviously influenced by his troubled upbringing. [More]

Starring: Robert Crumb

Starring: Robert Crumb

Director: Terry Zwigoff

Director: Terry Zwigoff
Producer: David Lynch

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11/21/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

Rarely has there ever been a work as great as Crumb, an achievement resting on both Zwigoff's talent and grace and on the enigma and poetry of its subject.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
01/01/00
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Documentary about a controversial underground comics artist who talks freely about his strangeness.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
08/28/02
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

Crumb's sense of humor is his saving personal grace and the movie's insurance policy against total immersion into the morbid. But just so you know, Crumb fully earns its most revealing screen credit: 'David Lynch Presents.'

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01/01/00
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

Zwigoff's biography of Crumb is both absorbing and repellent, and it may be one of the best documentaries to make the connection between creativity and craziness.

Full Review Source: Boulder Weekly | comment Comment
05/05/06
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

A masterpiece of neutral ambiguity.

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01/01/00
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

This brilliant docu is not just a portrait of a compulsive artist, but also a deep inquiry into the mysteries of art, creativity, mental illness and family bind.

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06/06/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Enthralling

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02/17/02
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Sporadically intriguing but ultimately overrated...

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05/06/06
David Nusair
David Nusair
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interesting

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Madeleine Williams
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Edward Guthmann
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San Francisco Chronicle
 
 
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