Stone Reader

Name: Stone Reader
Genre: Drama, Documentary
Released: February 12, 2003
Duration: 127 min
Rating: 72

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Jet Films LLC | Release Date: February 12, 2003 | PG-13

Summary: In this documentary, a filmmaker discovers a great unknown book and set out on a quest to learn why the book and writer vanished. (JETFilms)

Director: Mark Moskowitz

Genre(s): Drama, Documentary

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 127 min

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John Petrakis

Moskowitz may soon find himself in the same boat as many of the artists he is analyzing, because Stone Reader is going to be one tough act to follow. Read full review

Scott Foundas

A debut of enormous craft, surety and resourcefulness -- a superlative, soul-baring non-fiction work that will generate torrential word-of-mouth among auds lucky enough to catch it. Read full review

Lou Lumenick

A remarkable accomplishment, an absorbing documentary about the joy of reading that's also a positively gripping literary mystery. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

We finally learn much more about Moskowitz than about Mossman, and more about Mossman than about his novel, but Moskowitz's passion for books is irresistible. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

An unexpectedly warm valentine to the solitary joy of reading in an increasingly post-literate age. It's also a gripping mystery yarn involving obsession, a long-forgotten book and a shadowy author who appears to have vanished off the face of the Earth. Read full review

Nathan Rabin

There's a terrific short film somewhere inside Mark Moskowitz's feature-length documentary Stone Reader. Unfortunately, it's buried within a flabby 128-minute slog that feels like a rough draft nobody had the heart to edit down. Read full review

David Sterritt

The film is a disappointment, and at more than two hours' running time, a very long disappointment. Read full review

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