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San Francisco Chronicle
A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. This musician may not be a genius along the lines of Brain Wilson, as Feuerzeig claims, but Johnston has a knack for revealing innermost thoughts in an offhand way that is eerie and uncanny. Full Review
Dennis Harvey
Variety
Picture is particularly well-crafted, managing to avoid the ambulance-chasing tenor that might easily have turned this into a voyeuristic freakshow. Full Review
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
Devil leads us into that dark, uncharted valley where evil, genius, divine inspiration, insanity -- and other unfathomable mysteries -- commingle. It also examines the hyperbolic industry of instant celebrity and ultimately shows us the complex algebraic equation that is Daniel Johnston's life. Full Review
Joel Selvin
San Francisco Chronicle
A one-of-a-kind cinematic experience. This musician may not be a genius along the lines of Brain Wilson, as Feuerzeig claims, but Johnston has a knack for revealing innermost thoughts in an offhand way that is eerie and uncanny. Full Review
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
A performer of formidable self-absorption, Johnston has inspired a film with the same trait, and the results are about what you might expect. Full Review
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