A touching tribute to a true original

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 21, 2023

If the editing plays it up, and commentary is often obvious, it's still very charming.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 12, 2023

He certainly was a talented outsider artist, one whose work fully justifies the attention this film bestows.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 11, 2023

They analyse the odd ball footage, comment on the man and assess his creative achievements and legacy. All of this is interesting, but as a result, Carson’s output comes sliced and pre-packaged.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2023

... There is poignancy in his lovingly produced movies and the lessons this film takes from them.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2023

Harding’s masterstroke is showing how Carson is made into a cult hero by the subculture of Americans who celebrate strange video content.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 8, 2023

The film pays worthy tribute to its subject, despite a more conventional form.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 7, 2023

Stretching this curiosity of a man and his work into a full-length documentary is perhaps pushing it. But there is no doubting Carson’s dedication to his craft...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 6, 2023

[It] advocates for creative expression while offering proof of a life fully lived, free from public purview.

| Aug 21, 2023

A Life on the Farm is an ode to humanity. Life, death, collaboration, creativity, and community, all wrapped up in the enigma that is human existence.

| Jul 24, 2023

This documentary is a feel-good film that touches on isolation, loss, and the human spirit. It’s funny, quirky, and possibly the weighted blanket of documentaries.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | May 18, 2023

while Harding tries to grab our attention at the onset with some of ‘Farm’s’ more lurid aspects, his documentary shifts into a more compassionate view of someone truly special.

| Original Score: B | May 6, 2023

The experience is sort of like opening someone else’s diary and recoiling over what they’ve written, before ultimately recognizing that a fellow human being put their heart into this.

| Original Score: 3/4 | May 6, 2023

I found it really interesting. He was a character!

| Apr 24, 2023

"Goes from a budding backwoods horror picture to an uplifting story of an unlikely DIY guerrilla filmmaker."

| Apr 18, 2023

The strange, sometimes disturbing, ultimately kinda heartwarming story...

| Apr 18, 2023

The strangest found footage film you will ever see. A Life on the Farm also delves into the man behind it all in an effort to look into his reasoning. It is a good idea in theory, but the documentary segments do not always work as well as intended.

| Apr 14, 2023

It is wonderful to be made aware of this footage, and that Carson’s name will be far more known now. It is also a shame that an uninspired, occasionally cruel documentary is the film to amplify his stature.

| Original Score: D+ | Apr 13, 2023

The film is often more interesting as a study of privileged people’s beliefs than as a portrait of Charles himself.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 10, 2023

… a must-see documentary that is at times disturbing, but ultimately heart-warming.

| Original Score: 17/20 | Apr 6, 2023