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Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The
First Run Features

Gospel According to Philip K. Dick, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 27 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
1.0 out of 10
based on 8 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not rated

Starring Philip K. Dick, Robert Anton Wilson, D. Scott Apel, Jay Kinney, and Jason Koornick

The ultimate trip into the mind of the world's greatest science fiction writer. (First Run Features)


GENRE(S): Documentary  
WRITTEN BY: Mark Steensland  
DIRECTED BY: Mark Steensland  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: April 17, 2001 
Video: April 17, 2001 
Theatrical: March 2, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 80 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Admirers of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and other Dick literature will enjoy this nonfiction look at the writer, his career, and his eccentricities, some of which were as bizarre as his fiction.
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40
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The filmmakers created an animated version of the writer to accompany audio clips of Dick speaking. It's a well-intentioned but unsatisfying invention, which pretty much sums up the whole enterprise.
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30
Film.com Henry Cabot Beck
Doesn't have the courage or inclination to go inside of Dick's ideas, or offer any kind of structured or detailed approach to his thinking or writing.
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30
The New York Times A.O. Scott
The documentary doesn't get near the prowess of its subject; it passes through your life like a minor daydream.
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28
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Duller-than-a-Vitalife-convention compilation of talking heads.
25
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
Anyone interested in this remarkably prolific author would be better off visiting a library or bookshop.
25
New York Daily News Jami Bernard
Both a fan's dream and a moviegoer's nightmare: It ends up being all about those who remember and interpret Philip K. Dick and not about the man himself.
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20
Village Voice Michael Atkinson
Writers are only interesting for what they've written, and for that you'll have to go read.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 1.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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Broadsword Calling Gilbert Mulroneycakes gave it a 1:
"Writers are only interesting for what they've written"? Not really. They have lives, you know, sometimes interesting ones. Phil Dick had an interesting life. Not that you'd know it from this film. Almost exactly not what the Godfather himself deserves.

J. Phillip gave it a 1:
I've read almost every one of PKD's books, but stopped watching this movie before it finished. Completely and utterly boring.

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