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100
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68
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As his attention to detail and beauty shots prove, Mr. Maringouin has a terrific eye: he brings you close to Mr. Strel, sometimes within panting distance, without forgetting the larger, lovelier world.Full Review

Manohla Dargis
The New York Times

An odd and irresistible documentary.Full Review

Liam Lacey
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Strel's 2007 adventures on and in the Amazon are detailed in John Maringouin's fun documentary Big River Man.Full Review

V.A. Musetto
New York Post

Strel is one strange duck, and you can only wonder that Werner Herzog, with his fondness for captivating weirdos, didn't get to him first.Full Review

Walter Addiego
San Francisco Chronicle

The real drama lies in the sweetly twisted symbiosis between this likable, infuriating wreck of a man and his devoted son and publicist, Borut.Full Review

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