The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (re-release)
New Yorker Films | Release Date: August 20, 2004 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
59
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
2
Mixed:
3
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
His readings of his own work are especially thoughtful, moving, and provocative in the best possible ways. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A meticulously-researched chunk of underground Americana that traces the poet's full life from his rather dysfunctional childhood (beneath the hoary shadow of his mentally ill mother) to his meetings and eventual friendships with Kerouac, Burroughs, Neal Cassady and other Beat luminaries. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Strictly routine as filmmaking, adhering fairly consistently to the sound-bite approach. But given the subject, there's still a great deal of interest here about the life, art, milieu, and political activity of Ginsberg. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not credited)
A refreshingly straightforward, conventional approach to the documentary form. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
40
Washington PostHal Hinson
Is it scintillating, nutty, madly inspired or ecstatically preposterous? Ginsberg himself is all these things, but this movie is not. (Review of Original Release) Read full review
30
Village VoiceDarren Reidy
Slowly devolves to the inept "warm bodies shine together in the darkness." Read full review
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