Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Name: Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 19, 2021
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Bernard Vonnegut, Daniel Simon, David L. Ulin, Edie Vonnegut, Jerome Klinkowitz

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IFC Films | Release Date: November 19, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bernard Vonnegut, Daniel Simon, David L. Ulin, Edie Vonnegut, Jerome Klinkowitz, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Linda Bates, Mark Vonnegut, Morley Safer, Nanny Vonnegut, Sidney Offit

Summary: Recounting the extraordinary life of author Kurt Vonnegut and the 25-year friendship with the filmmaker who set out to document it.

Director: Don Argott and Robert B. Weide

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 127 min

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Michael Rechtshaffen

Nov 18, 2021

Some 40 years in the making, the remarkable Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is a gorgeously rendered, unexpectedly moving appraisal of the life and craft of one of the best-loved literary voices of the late 20th century. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 25, 2022

A very touching and insightful film. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Jul 26, 2022

It’s this aspect – the real warmth, the way the camera becomes almost incidental in the encounters between documentarian and subject – which gives this film its satisfying emotional depth. Read full review

Angie Han

Nov 18, 2021

While approachable even to casual readers, thanks to patient explanations by scholars and biographers who’ve made Vonnegut their life’s work, the film isn’t really geared toward converting skeptics, revealing new information or even telling a really great yarn. It’s an opportunity to bask in Vonnegut’s wit and intelligence — to admire the crackerjack delivery of his jokes, savor the offbeat perfection of his prose, drink in the playfulness of his smile. Read full review

Molly Mortimer

Jul 25, 2022

Weide’s own infatuation with the acclaimed writer helps this documentary to become a very personal chronicle of an interesting and influential life. Weide creates a documentary that even those unfamiliar with Vonnegut and his legacy can enjoy. Read full review

Richard Whittaker

Nov 18, 2021

That's where Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time is most fascinating, in its exploration of the blurred lines between what who writers (and filmmakers) are, and what they write, and why they write. Read full review

Simon Abrams

Nov 18, 2021

Vonnegut’s family members and biographers provide the most intriguing material in Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time, but their interviews are too brief to enhance viewers’ appreciation of his work. Read full review

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Fluid_Dynamics

Dec 2, 2021

Hits so many of the right notes, particularly at the end. Faces some of the same challenges that all movies of this sort face: How do I try to do justice to any human being's life in 2 hours? You'll probably shed some tears of your own in the end, as you try to come to terms with your ownHits so many of the right notes, particularly at the end. Faces some of the same challenges that all movies of this sort face: How do I try to do justice to any human being's life in 2 hours? You'll probably shed some tears of your own in the end, as you try to come to terms with your own life. You may find some answers too.… Expand

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