Radical Wolfe
Kino Lorber | Release Date: September 15, 2023 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
65
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
3
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 15, 2023
It’s a highly entertaining movie that manages to pack in more or less every important thing you’d want to know about Tom Wolfe. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireSep 15, 2023
If there’s a note of reflexive nostalgia in the proceedings, that inevitably has to do not just with the man at the film’s center but with the era that produced him, a time when magazine and print journalism could take writers and make instant celebrities and hugely influential cultural figures out of them. That day is long gone, but Radical Wolfe makes a strong case that it’s well worth remembering. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 11, 2023
The film, inspired by a Michael Lewis (“Moneyball,” “The Big Short, “The Blind Side,””Liar’s Poker”) magazine article and relying much on Lewis’s take on the man, the writer and his self-created mythos, is a reminder of Wolfe’s once-giantic footprint in the culture. Read full review
67
The PlaylistChris BarsantiSep 13, 2023
Unlike its subject, Radical Wolfe would rather be liked than start something. Read full review
63
Washington PostMark JenkinsOct 12, 2023
To judge from his film’s style, it also seems likely that Dewey just doesn’t have the patience for a subtle approach. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleSep 25, 2023
As tributes go, the documentary is always lively. Archival clips zip by and nobody ever gets more than a sentence or two before the film cuts away, which means it never burrows in as often as you might want it to, considering the colorful, thick life on display. Read full review
60
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithSep 14, 2023
Though the film can’t capture Wolfe’s writing, it does a public service in passing along its subject’s wisdom. Read full review
50
The New York TimesDevika GirishSep 14, 2023
Richard Dewey’s staid, by-the-book documentary can hardly match the flair with which Wolfe lived and wrote. Read full review
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