| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 30, 2006

Exhibits a devotion to its subject that just might drive you to his books and make you wish for tea with the man who wrote them.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 24, 2003

Along the way, we absorb bits and pieces of Derrida's ideas, but the total is insufficient for the newcomer to come away with any focused understanding of Derrida and only seems to fuel the dangerous cult of hero worship.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Oct 1, 2003

Derrida, with his mane of white hair, piercing gaze and pipe clenched between his teeth, may be the most watchable thinker since Rodin's.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 14, 2003

The picture's charm lies in the continuing by-play between the filmmakers and their subject, with each side doing its best to deconstruct the other.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 14, 2003

Dense and thoughtful and brimming with ideas that are too complex to be rapidly absorbed.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 10, 2003

An enthralling, playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man, while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that Derrida would doubtless give his blessing to.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 7, 2003

Is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it?

| Original Score: C+ | Nov 8, 2002

An absolutely first-rate documentary about his life and thought that is the cinematic equivalent of a mind-expanding drug.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Nov 7, 2002

The result puts a human face on Derrida, and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally couldn't care less.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 23, 2002

By applying definition to both sides of the man, the picture realizes a fullness that does not negate the subject.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 23, 2002

It's endearing to hear Madame D. refer to her husband as 'Jackie' -- and he does make for excellent company, not least as a self-conscious performer.

Full Review | Oct 22, 2002

As an introduction to the man's theories and influence, Derrida is all but useless; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man, however, it's invaluable.

Full Review | Original Score: 66/100 | Oct 21, 2002

Seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work.

Full Review | Aug 21, 2002