A Sidewalk Astronomer
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  • Summary: A fascinating and illuminating journey through the cosmos featuring the cantankerous and brilliant astronomer John Dobson.

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  1. Positive: 4 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 1 out of 9
  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    75
    As we learn, delightfully so, in Jeffrey Fox Jacobs' documentary A Sidewalk Astronomer, the Peking-born Dobson promotes the building and use of small, inexpensive telescopes to study the wonders of the sky.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Lawrence Van Gelder
    70
    An inspiring film about an inspired teacher. It should leave all viewers with an ounce of curiosity eager to hit the streets with Dobsonian telescopes of their own.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    An amateur in the best sense of the word, Dobson is an engaging ambassador for a life of the mind lived firmly in the real world.
  4. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: G. Allen Johnson
    25
    An entirely unconventional, hypnotic, meandering film.

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