Derailroaded
Release Date: November 3, 2005 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 7 Critic Reviews
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5
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Film ThreatKJ Doughton
Do we really want to live in a world void of "Wild Man" Fischers, and all their unique forms of creative expression? Savor the fascinating, thought-provoking Derailroaded, and you be the judge. Read full review
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New York PostV.A. Musetto
You don't have to be crazy to sing like Larry "Wild Man" Fischer -- subject of Josh Rubin's reverential documentary Derailroaded -- but it helps. Read full review
60
VarietyJoe Leydon
As discomfortingly fascinating as listening to a couple's heated argument at a table near yours in a restaurant. Read full review
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The New York TimesStephen Holden
Larry (Wild Man) Fischer, the psychotic songwriter and performer (found to be both paranoid-schizophrenic and bipolar) is sympathetically profiled in Josh Rubin's documentary. Read full review
50
The A.V. ClubScott Tobias
Having a Rutgers psychology professor comment on Fischer's general symptoms is downright amateurish. In a documentary about a living subject, conclusions are better drawn through rigorous observation, not explained away in some tidy pop-psychological portraiture. Read full review
50
L.A. WeeklySteven Mikulan
In spite of its sympathy, Derailroaded veers into reality-TV voyeurism whenever the former street singer bemoans his lack of fame or breaks into childish caterwauling. Read full review
40
Village VoiceDrew Tillman
Wild Man Fischer's music is disarmingly honest and heartfelt, but even its charms can't save Derailroaded from ending up a train wreck. Read full review
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