Protagonist Critic Reviews
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If all this sounds awfully classroom-bound, it isn't -- far from it. Each man's story as he tells it is riveting, truly stranger than fiction, and awesome, too, in the way of unfathomable humans.Read the full review
Although it takes a while for Yu's thesis to jell, the film makes a lasting impression as it delves into an unfashionable territory: character as fate rather than a function of pharmaceuticals.Read the full review
The dangers of extremism and the virtues of uncertainty are the keys to the remarkable Protagonist, docu helmer Jessica Yu's exploration of four men's journey through dysfunction, obsession and redemption.Read the full review
Yu's film may be challenging to synopsize, but it's thoroughly engrossing and wildly surprising.Read the full review
Amazingly, no one seems steeped in the salubrious self-explication of therapy. They just sound like very good storytellers.Read the full review
At first, the technique seems gimmicky, but finally it's as compelling a perspective as any to understand how these men passed through agony to some sort of peace.Read the full review
Jessica Yu’s enthralling documentary exploration of people with obsessive needs for control and self-mastery.Read the full review
Offers four fairly interesting monologues, undercut by ominous music, stylistic frippery, and a structure that all but guarantees the audience will be able to predict where the stories will go.Read the full review
