Call Me Lucky
MPI Media Group | Release Date: August 7, 2015 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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88
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonAug 7, 2015
Call Me Lucky will be an especially grueling ride for those who can identify with Crimmins’ trauma. Yet its toughness does not at all diminish its worth. It remains an essential viewing experience. Read full review
80
New York Daily NewsKatherine PushkarAug 6, 2015
Angry, quixotic, tragic, heroic — Crimmins’ life is stunning. Catch this portrait and you can definitely call yourself lucky. Read full review
80
Village VoiceSimon AbramsAug 4, 2015
Call Me Lucky is a loving but fair portrait of the artist as a heroic hothead. Read full review
75
TheWrapTim AppeloAug 10, 2015
There should be more Crimmins performance footage and fewer interviews that only reiterate points already made several times. Crimmins is preaching to the choir, and the film, while fascinating and inspiring, is at least a half-hour longer than it has story to tell. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreJul 28, 2015
Call Me Lucky is another of those “the funniest comic you never saw” documentaries. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloAug 6, 2015
Goldthwait stays behind the camera, but his long personal history with Crimmins provides him with access that no other filmmaker would likely have been able to get, given how ferociously the man guards his privacy. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineClayton DillardAug 3, 2015
Bobcat Goldthwait's hand too nervously tempers Crimmins's outré tactics as kooky showmanship bred from unimaginable trauma. Read full review
50
The New York TimesStephen HoldenAug 6, 2015
The movie strains to drum up mystery as to the sources of Mr. Crimmins’s rage. When it finally spills the beans, you feel unnecessarily manipulated. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAug 5, 2015
You’ll be the richer for spending time in Crimmins’ company, but the material seems better suited to the small screen. Read full review
37
Washington PostAlan ZilbermanAug 6, 2015
Ironically, Call Me Lucky, a worshipful new documentary profile of Crimmins by comic-turned-filmmaker Bobcat Goldthwait, has a little too much reverence for its irreverent subject. Read full review
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