The point is, even a screwball like Crumb had more workaday wisdom to get me through the night than most of what the rest of the culture was offering–or still has to offer, for that matter.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 7, 2022

By turns hilarious and grim.

| Apr 18, 2022

The movie isn't a testimonial or a valentine. It's unpredictable and galvanizing: an empathetic portrait of the artist that also unveils a trenchant view of an American family's dashed illusions.

| Jan 14, 2019

| Original Score: A | Sep 7, 2011

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 18, 2003

One of the most remarkable and haunting documentaries ever made.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 1, 2000

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.'

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: A | May 19, 1995