Those that know little about its subject will feel lost in the commotion.

| Original Score: C+ | Jul 17, 2020

Harmontown may not be a very memorable documentary, but it's funny and entertaining enough to earn a recommendation for Harmon fans (not that they need one).

| Jun 21, 2019

More than anything, though, the documentary explores a side of Harmon that you might expect but nonetheless feel privileged to see.

| Original Score: B | Jun 21, 2016

A film that is far more complicated and entertaining than the fanboy home movie you might anticipate (and dread).

| Jun 18, 2016

...far too often comes off as a self-congratulatory puff piece geared towards Harmon's apparent multitude of followers.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Mar 17, 2015

I felt I had a better sense of the man, but the podcast element still eluded me. The live performances didn't seem that entertaining; luckily, the rest of the story was.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 7, 2014

As performance, Harmon's shtick works better when he bothers to formulate it into something resembling actual stand-up.

| Nov 6, 2014

[This] kind of honesty is the difference between sitcoms like Community and 30 Rock, which can be clever and amusing, and a truly brilliant, risk-taking show like Louie, which can be either hilariously funny or mortally depressing.

| Oct 30, 2014

It's in the exploration of how "Community" fandom formed its own distinctive community of outcasts that the film excels, finally making sense of the show's cult popularity by diving into that cult and crowdsurfing on it.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 30, 2014

As much a portrait of a community as of its brilliant, de facto mayor, Harmontown is a stirring tribute to the restorative power of finding your people.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Oct 23, 2014

Harmon states at one point in the film that he just wants to be "the guy who makes people happy." This documentary does just that.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Oct 16, 2014

The final 20 minutes are the strongest, when Harmon comes to some realizations about his behavior. Unless you're the biggest of fans, you may find yourself wishing that the film had reached this point earlier.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Oct 16, 2014

Repeated praise of Mr. Harmon's nerdy fan base keeps emphasizing how appreciative its members are for his shining a light. Little splurts from an ingratiating score nudge us along.

| Oct 9, 2014

Berkeley's impartiality frees the director to include some of the writer's unpleasant moments on the tour.

| Oct 7, 2014

Harmontown is a documentary about being stuck on a bus with genius comedy writer Dan Harmon and all of his psychological baggage during the period after May 2012, when Sony Studios fired him from his cult-favorite NBC sitcom, Community.

| Oct 6, 2014

By turns aptly amusing, poignant, indulgent and discomfiting.

| Oct 6, 2014

The result will play very well with the cult of fans who've improbably kept Community alive.

| Oct 6, 2014

The message at the heart of Harmontown shows how Harmon may have achieved certain goals, but the bigger challenge he still faces is learning to accept himself the way his audience and fans have accepted him.

| Original Score: B | Oct 6, 2014

For anyone who has dabbled in the creative, Harmontown is both sweet and terrifying.

| Original Score: 8.2/10 | Oct 5, 2014

Most people in Hollywood are overly concerned about what you think of them. Harmon is the kind of guy who admonishes hecklers who scream out "I love you" because he doesn't love himself.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 3, 2014