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  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • PBS International
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • PBS International
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Beauty Is Embarrassing chronicles the vaulted highs and the crushing lows of a commercial artist struggling to find peace and balance between his work and his art. Acting as his own narrator, Wayne guides us through his life using moments from his latest creation: a hilarious, biographical one-man show. The pieces are drawn from performa...

Directed By: Neil Berkeley

Written By: Chris Bradley, Kevin Klauber, Neil Berkeley

  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • PBS International
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2012
  • Not Rated
  • PBS International
  • 1 h 28 m

Beauty Is Embarrassing

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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Summary Beauty Is Embarrassing chronicles the vaulted highs and the crushing lows of a commercial artist struggling to find peace and balance between his work and his art. Acting as his own narrator, Wayne guides us through his life using moments from his latest creation: a hilarious, biographical one-man show. The pieces are drawn from performa...

Directed By: Neil Berkeley

Written By: Chris Bradley, Kevin Klauber, Neil Berkeley

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews
72
70% Positive
7 Reviews
30% Mixed
3 Reviews
0% Negative
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90
Sep 6, 2012
The creativity grows like kudzu in Beauty Is Embarrassing, Neil Berkeley's enlightening and often hilarious portrait of the Los Angeles artist Wayne White. And it yields a thousand blossoms.
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78
Oct 4, 2012
The film is studded with stirring moments of surprise.
By Kimberley Jones FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 19, 2012
Beauty Is Embarrassing stays true to White's own exacting standards: It's thoughtful, skillfully executed and pure pop pleasure, from start to finish.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
75
Sep 7, 2012
Those with a high tolerance for the ultimate four-letter word, and a love for eccentrics, will be entertained by both White and his art.
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70
Sep 8, 2012
As one observer here aptly - and non-hyperbolically - sums it up, White is "a founding father of the current state of pop art."
By Gary Goldstein FULL REVIEW
60
Sep 5, 2012
A breezily entertaining profile of painter, puppeteer and performer Wayne White, Beauty Is Embarrassing places the kindhearted, foulmouthed subject front and center.
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50
Oct 18, 2012
An amiable if not especially urgent celebration of the life and work of Wayne White.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Future You Media, Eddie Schmidt Productions, Tremolo Productions
Release Date Sep 7, 2012
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Nominations
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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