IFC Films | Release Date: March 16, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
Positive:
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Mixed:
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For him (Schneebaum) it's a journey of stunning rediscovery. For us it's the discovery of a brave soul.
50
Washington PostEve Zibart
Provides a fascinating glimpse of how the human spirit struggles.
75
Story of Tobias Schneebaum, a gay New York artist famous for living with, sleeping with - and, gulp, eating with - cannibals in New Guinea.
75
A fascinating story.
50
As he explains the male-male relationships and the absence of stigma or judgment, the film soars.
88
A remarkable film about a remarkable man who's lived the kind of life usually reserved for adventure novels and pulp fiction.
88
Boston GlobeStaff (Not credited)
Ynever seen a documentary quite like this one, and aren't likely to again.
75
As an exploration of a man who really did take the road less traveled, the film is fascinating.
20
There's little evidence to suggest Schneebaum was one of the great explorers of the 20th century, or even that he was particularly curious.
63
It's worth seeing simply to make the acquaintance of Tobias, a really extraordinary old guy.
40
Gay jungle sex (gasp!), gone-native intellectuals, tribal rituals (gulp!), cannibalism (none of which the film shows, by the way) -- it sounds like a "Weekly World News" front page, not the thematic fodder of a highbrow non-fiction film.