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I watched this movie for the first time a few days ago and was blown away by it. I really loved it! Mary Kjos
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A.O. Scott
The New York Times
There's as much at stake in the hilarious, moody and cantankerous film adaptation of "Splendor" as there was in this summer's other movies of comic-book antiheroes like "The Hulk" and "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen." Full Review
David Edelstein
Slate
The film isn't in the same key as Pekar's comic: The tempo is buoyant, puckish, and even more "meta" than the original. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Superbly conceived anti-biopic. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
American Splendor is deserving of accolades, not only because it tells an interesting story about a fascinating man, but because it does so with such freedom and freshness. I wish more of the comic book-inspired movies were like this.
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Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
Pirandello didn't have a patch on its complexities. Here's a popular entertainment with an eclectic soundtrack raising penetrating questions of identity in astonishing sequences that interweave live action with comic-book art. Full Review
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