Almost There

Name: Almost There
Genre: Biography, Drama, Comedy, Documentary
Released: December 4, 2015
Duration: 93 min
Rating: 70

2015

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Factory 25 | Release Date: December 4, 2015 | Not Rated

Summary: Almost There is a coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in at-risk conditions whose world changes (and maybe not all for the better) when he's discovered by two filmmakers. Shot over eight years, Almost There documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces himAlmost There is a coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in at-risk conditions whose world changes (and maybe not all for the better) when he's discovered by two filmmakers. Shot over eight years, Almost There documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces him to leave his childhood home. By highlighting the people in Anton's community compelled to help this hilarious and heartbreaking character survive, Almost There explores the responsibilities we have to those in need and the ethical complexities and potential conflicts inherent in every subject-filmmaker, artist-curator, helper-helpee relationship.… Expand

Director: Aaron Wickenden and Dan Rybicky

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 93 min

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Benjamin Mercer

Dec 9, 2015

Almost There, made under the banner of Windy City-based doc shop Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams), gives Anton’s kitschy-colorful portraiture the requisite close-up, but the film quickly becomes more compelling as a protracted intervention than as an act of advocacy. Read full review

Serena Donadoni

Dec 8, 2015

After guiding his fate, the filmmakers step back and dispassionately capture a series of frustrated caregivers passing the baton, each nudging Anton toward a new life. This decision makes Almost There a richer, more compassionate portrait. Read full review

Miriam Di Nunzio

Dec 9, 2015

The documentary homes in on the ideas of community, about caregiving and giving care, about human nature and humanity, about parenting and becoming parents to the people we once called mom and dad. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Dec 3, 2015

This first feature from Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden demonstrates that these documentary filmmakers might do well to think more like journalists sometimes. Read full review

John DeFore

Dec 3, 2015

What starts out as a familiar kind of portrait...eventually grows a layer or two more complex. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Dec 11, 2015

In surveying this setting, one might think Almost There is a documentary about impoverished, elderly folks who have sadly fallen through the cracks in the system. Instead, it’s an uncomfortable journey through the later life of an artist, a warts-and-all look at the filmmakers’ process that fails to get past its most troublesome wart. Read full review

Charles Solomon

Dec 10, 2015

The film is as lacking in polish and structure as its subject's canvases, which makes it an appropriate tribute to a marginal figure whose dreams of art world and/or Hollywood stardom stubbornly remain "almost there." Read full review

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