One of the more creative approaches to a biographical movie I've ever seen, and although it perfectly incorporates the real Pekar (and his 온라인카지노추천 appearances) into the film, as others have said there just wasn't really all that much to his life to make it interesting. Even so, the film's heart is in the right place and it certainly has its moments and some lingering feeling of both comfort and heaviness that most films can't even elicit in the first place.

Although illustrating some interesting points, and Giamatti's performance is solid, a good portion of the movie is a bore-nothing that I could take out of it other than that and the creative style of filmmaking. An unappealing depressive film with some very unlikeable characters.

A VERY 2003 biographical comedy about comic book writer Harvey Pekar. It takes some interesting time hopping approaches to its narrative and has a unique comic visual flair to the whole thing, but it's all a little too humdrum for its own good. I sort of liked it, but I won't return to it.

Please seek out these books. Pekar was such a hidden genius and the movie went above and beyond to focus on that, but you can't get a more real sense of the man unless you read his work.

Certain stories are obviously age restricted, but what about considering age group via empathetic relatability as in already passed the depicted checkpoint in life? Will the sense of humor be shared fully? Not an original screenplay but rather an adaptation of graphic novels below the radar that can only rely on this film as their immortality to bring up their creative existence. In the meanwhile, the film currently garners attention mostly of the cast, tied secondarily between solely story and source material. It grimaces similarly in the veins to Terry Zwigoff's works when conversing slice of life realistic truism in satire commentary that plainly amuses whilst amid in a pitiful state, representing rock bottom's creative loss before the eventual surprisingly embraced acceptance. Paul Giamatti perfectly embodies the sort of everyman that defines the actual author with mirroring contexts throughout the comedic docudrama, and same goes for Hope Davis on charismatically bringing the heartened meaning of completeness with the most generated humor that's honestly not adjacently pathetic. Their separative chemistry buildup goes over daily struggles till their threads ties convincingly at questionably sudden engagement before realizing connective wholesome growth towards the theming behind the comics' subtexts. Pitiful nature of eased sympathy applied worrisomely by honesty, but the overall performative deliverance deserves its given fair rating, albeit viewed not of age yet besides grasping ahead. (B+)

Paul Giamatti is a natural curmudgeon, which makes him the perfect fit to play comic book author and proud Clevelander, Harvey Pekar. American Splendor tells the story of Pekar in an enjoyable, stylistic way, incorporating the real people behind the (surprisingly real) characters — for example, playing the actual clip of Pekar's many appearances on Letterman and Radloff's appearances on M온라인카지노추천. At first, you think there's no way someone like Mr. Boats (Earl Billings) or Toby Radloff (Judah Friedlander), but then boom, there they are, in the flesh — on this note, Friedlander as Radloff is by far my favorite aspect of the movie. The comic for which the film gets its name is my type of comic — everyday people dealing with everyday issues, wrapped in a cloak of Cleveland sardonic humor. Pekar gets the inspiration for his comics from his own life, where he works in the filing department of a hospital. I enjoyed American Splendor for its unique direction and interesting subject matter, but I'm attracted to stories about cantankerous artists (I also love Paul Giamatti). If you're in the mood for something comic-centric but are Marvel'd out, throw on American Splendor.

Paul Giamatti transformed himself for this film. It's amazing how his physical appearance isn't very Pekar-esque, and yet he really embodied Pekar so well the filmmakers could put the real Pekar in the film and you could compare the two and it all made sense. I especially love Paul as Pekar watching the American Splendor play within the film, and his enjoyment at seeing the actor playing him, while his wife Joyce (Hope Davis) is anything but thrilled. This film is great, but the impact it had on Harvey Pekar's work, was not. As someone who has read most of Pekar's comics, his writing went downhill once his celebrity took off. It would be trite to say most artists do their best work early in their career before they are discovered, but, I would say; do read everything Pekar wrote except "Our Movie Year."

I suspect bio-pics get rated higher than fictional films because folks either sense the realism or they are drawn to that sort of thing. 'Splendor' has some interesting moments, and Giamatti can certainly act, but dramatically, this thing has NOTHING going on at all. Some weird nerds have dead end jobs and draw comic books. That is kinda it. Meeting his wife was mildly interesting, but geez, these folks have issues I didn't really need to see. Very similar to 'He won't get far on foot' or I believe there was a 'Crumb' film as well.

It's refreshing to see an American biopic that doesn't feel the need to play by all of the rules, check all of the requisite boxes, and follow the paint-by-numbers approach that most film of the genre fall in to. Such is the case with American Splendor, the story of Harvey Pekar and his day-to-day life as a comic book writer living in working class Cleveland. Pekar is insightful, irascible, humorous, and more than a little salty. He is played beautifully by Paul Giamatti and, strangely enough, Harvey Pekar himself. It's totally original both stylistically and narratively and is a breath of fresh air, despite Pekar's sourness, from start to finish.

The greatest segment is the one with the real artist and his wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great piece of film making, with a blending of story telling devices that capture the imagination.

Weird mix of styles along with an extremely unlikable lead character lead to a mess of a film.

The story of a very quirky guy told by himself and greatly acted by Paul Giamati, great use of comic book format, meta humor, and animation all in favor of the story being told.

A direct and sincere portrayal from Paul Giamatti is the catalyst for this fresh and endearing biopic on a truly deserving comic icon. Harvey Pekar's 15 minutes were long overdue and it's nice to see so much attention and care taken in delivering one so fitting.

話の内容がど熆こ熆の前に鍧ただ単に好き。緤ニー琛で音楽も良くて鍧一般的に冴えない璐類に分類されてしま熆だろ熆人の緤ーモアを交えたその人なりの幸せを感じ洏れる映画が好き。

The soundtrack is better than taxi driver but has PG and PSH

Perhaps one of the most criminally overlooked films of the 2000's, American Splendor surrounds the real-life story of file clerk by day and underground comic book creator by night: Harvey Pekar. Fictionally portrayed by Paul Giamatti (with real narration and interviews by Pekar himself cut between), the film captures the essence of a working class artist (Pekar) who wants comic books to illustrate the real life he experiences in Cleveland day-to-day, brushing elbows with heavy hitters in the underground comic industry like Robert Crumb along the way. What sets American Splendor apart from typical Hollywood biopics is the absence of gaudiness and grandiose set pieces often breathing within films of more well-known celebrities. There is a noticeable absence of Oscar-baiting, and it suits the story of Harvey Pekar quite brilliantly since he's an artist, yet always an unapologetic, normal guy at heart. The film's adherence to blunt realism in its storytelling-even having the film itself tiptoeing into the meta with real-life Pekar criticizing the film within itself-grounds the narrative and creates an authentic tone. This authenticity serves as a wonderful companion piece to Pekar's autobiographical comics that focus on neo-realism rather than spandex-wearing supermen. The leap to make comics about ordinary life not only established Pekar as a visionary for the medium, but also attracted new voices and respect for comics as a non-fiction art form. Harvey is a man who doesn't need nor want fame, strongly resisting the entertainment industry machine that sees him as the butt of a joke, and instead sticks to his roots despite offers to sell out. The film is in sync with his principles.

This film was amazing!

Once again, the paid critics and the couch critics have their digits jammed into their sphincters. This is not the wry, darkly comic masterpiece many viewers here seem to think it is, in their total lack of critical assessment. It's an ugly, tedious, self-indulgent and depressing film about a man who is an unappealing slob with no redeeming virtues. Paul Giamatti is a very good actor who may fit the physical type and caricature the filmmakers had in mind, but that doesn't make it anymore palatable. If you think grotesque, depressive freaks are entertaining, I guess this is your comic book turned into celluloid waste matter. Ugh.

Interesting storytelling mixing documentary with drama film. Paul Giamatti....wow