Benjamin Smoke
Cowboy Booking International | Release Date: July 21, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
71
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
As ethereal, moving, and uncompromising as its subject. Read full review
88
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
It's the hypnotic long-form music video Smoke never got to make.
80
The New York TimesDana Stevens
The film has a richer, more various visual texture than most documentaries, combining still photographs, black-and-white video and Super-8 film, sometimes with wild sound or none at all. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
There's such a rawness, purity and even mystical force to everything Benjamin says or sings, that anything else would seem extraneous and detracting from the impact of a man who has lived his life with absolutely no holds barred. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
It feels as though we're on a journey with Benjamin, who proves to be a wryly funny, passionate and complex traveling companion.
70
TV Guide MagazineKen Fox
Make sure you catch this spooky and strangely moving portrait of this highly unusual artist while you can. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Poignant portrait. Read full review
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