A man disowned at birth drifts into a life of substance abuse, then becomes a quadriplegic, only to make a mockery of acceptable social decorum while finding roaring success as a member of the press within the very bastion of staunch Blue State territory.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 12, 2023

Dramatically and structurally, the film doesn't quite know how to feel about John's story, and while presenting them in confusing visual terms, it leaves the result admirable for its committed performances, but also something of a mess.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 11, 2022

A breezy, life affirming look at a man whose misfortune was his salvation.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2021

The adolescent awkwardness, athleticism, decent intentions and scruffiness of these street kids says something about the population as a whole and Van Sant's essentially benevolent attitude toward it.

| Feb 10, 2021

...at least it's a fun game. For the most part. I guess.

| Dec 8, 2020

It's a warm, funny, lively film that's Van Sant's best since Milk a decade ago.

| Oct 15, 2020

A very well-cast Joaquin Phoenix makes surprisingly nimble work of a role weighted to provoke a reaction from even the most sedate viewers.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 2, 2020

Some scenes feel chopped and screwed together without an aesthetic or narrative purpose. For all of its stakes, Don't Worry often feels too incidental to for its own good.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 25, 2020

This biographical film from Van Sant is pleasant and very surprising, especially with the great performance of Joaquin Phoenix as the cartoonist who loves political incorrectness. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jun 27, 2020

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot is a mixed bag as a drama and a story of working the steps of recovery, but there are too many flashes of hilarity and darkly interesting insight to dismiss it entirely.

| Jun 18, 2020

This is a very empathetic film about a truly interesting character in American culture.

| Mar 20, 2020

Joaquin Phoenix gives a rollicking performance as Callahan.

| Mar 11, 2020

If Phoenix doesn't generate much humor, he also acts as an astringent against the potent sentimentality of Callahan's Saul-to-Paul transformation and pilgrimage of apology, underlined by a heart-tugging Danny Elfman score.

| Feb 27, 2020

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot fits squarely into Van Sant's Good Will Hunting mode of mainstream feel good entertainments with a whiff of wackiness. It's like rainbow jimmies sprinkled on white bread.

| Jan 15, 2020

Even with such flaws, the film remains a striking character study, mostly due to [Joaquin] Phoenix.

| Oct 17, 2019

With Writer/Director Gus Van Sant and the acting talent of Joaquin Phoenix, this reality based biopic on the life of an artistic alcoholic quadriplegic is sadly sweet while darkly funny

| Aug 13, 2019

Taken as an entire piece, it's a tonally inconsistent mess that never quite coalesces into something potent.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 17, 2019

Not even some memorable creations are capable of saving the work of a Van Sant who seems interested in softening the eccentric side of his story. [Full Review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jul 16, 2019

Weaving handily through the short life and high times of cartoonist John Callahan, director Gus Van Sant shapes him with incisive strokes whose light touch echoes their subject's distinctively barbed style.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 7, 2019

A confusing mess, one that Van Sant overcomplicates and creates narrative difficulties, where none should exist.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Jun 8, 2019