Shepard & Dark
Music Box Films | Release Date: September 25, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
66
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
8
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
The A.V. ClubNick SchagerSep 25, 2013
[The] aesthetic structure creates a haunting sense of the simultaneously wonderful and sad feelings both men have about lives and loves now gone, never to be recaptured. Read full review
80
Time OutDavid FearSep 24, 2013
The more Shepard & Dark rewinds through their shared history, the more the film blossoms into something far richer than a simple tribute to a long, beautiful friendship—it becomes an ode to a long-lost era of bohemia, an insightful look into male psychology and pathology, a valentine to the art of letter writing and an illustration of how the past is never dead, because it’s not even past. Read full review
80
VarietyRob NelsonSep 21, 2013
The ups and downs of a decades-long friendship are charted with warmth and sensitivity in Shepard and Dark. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 21, 2013
The good-looking, easygoing doc settles in with its two subjects, offering not just an intimate perspective on the playwright's biography but some touching reflections on the comforts and perils of long-term friendship. Read full review
75
The PlaylistDrew TaylorOct 1, 2013
There’s always been something romantic and powerful about relationships primarily built on letter-writing, and that’s true for Shepard and Dark too. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineNick McCarthySep 21, 2013
Treva Wurmfeld's documentary addresses, and acutely analyzes, the way friendship can bend, and occasionally snap, over time. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovOct 23, 2013
There’s tension as the two hole up in Santa Fe to work on the book, but the bottom-line feeling is of two old friends, now two old men, who have found their place in each other’s complicated lives. Read full review
63
New York PostKyle SmithSep 30, 2013
A disarming but low-impact documentary that amounts to an odd dual biopic, Shepard & Dark can feel a bit like intruding on a conversation between two old friends. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 24, 2013
The film points toward a rich and complicated story that only partly makes it onto the screen. Read full review
40
Village VoiceLily JaniakSep 24, 2013
Despite its unusual beginnings, the friendship doesn't offer much narrative juice. Read full review
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