The Weird World of Blowfly
Variance Films | Release Date: September 16, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
52
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Mixed or average reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Mixed:
4
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75
The A.V. ClubNathan RabinSep 14, 2011
The Weird World Of Blowfly at times recalls "The Wrestler," only instead of schlepping his aging body from city to city to don outrageous costumes and wrestle, 69-year-old soul-music legend Clarence Reid schleps his hunched-over frame to gigs where he performs X-rated parodies and scatological ditties as incorrigible proto-hip-hopper Blowfly. Read full review
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Slant MagazineKalvin HenelySep 12, 2011
If The Weird World of Blowfly is any different from other documentaries about eccentric characters from music-world obscurity, it's in the contentious topics Clarence touches on in his cantankerous speech. Read full review
50
The New York TimesPaul BrunickSep 15, 2011
Somehow Mr. Reid has an ability to push so far into the depths of stupidity that he breaks out the other side, making you laugh in spite of yourself. Read full review
50
Village VoiceEric HynesSep 13, 2011
Although its subject is never less than captivating, Jonathan Furmanski's film is frustratingly unfocused, a scattershot collection of candid footage and biographical information. Thankfully, Blowfly's world is weird as promised. Read full review
50
VarietyDennis HarveySep 12, 2011
Hanging out with a 1970s cult figure of raunchy R&B "party records" is less fun than one would expect in The Weird World of Blowfly. Read full review
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Time OutDavid FearSep 13, 2011
So-so contemporary shows and cantankerous arguments are favored over in-depth looks at Reid's legacy. Any genuine weirdness about a funky, filthy-mouthed freak running around in a costume is left AWOL. Read full review
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