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Bukowski: Born into This
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77 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 25 Critics What's this?

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8.4 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 13 Ratings

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  • Summary: The first comprehensive documentary on author Charles Bukowski, one of those rare writers whose work created a myth of epic proportions around its creator. (Magnolia Pictures)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 0 out of 25
  1. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Eric Campos
    100
    Bukowski is one of my all time favorite writers and now I have an all new respect for the man thanks to John Dullaghan’s phenomenal film. I’ll be breaking out “Post Office,” “Ham On Rye,” and “Notes of a Dirty Old Man” again very soon.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    100
    It reveals Bukowski to be a far grander artist than his bum's armor would suggest.
  3. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    60
    By turns profane, vulgar, unpredictable, scabrous and perpetually somewhere between buzzed and three sheets to the wind, Bukowski opened a window onto a fringe world of blue-collar drudgery and alcoholic self-obliteration with his blistering, bleakly comic dispatches from the gutter.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. JasonJ
    10
    Anyone who did not like this documentary should be banished from society. Surrender - where ever you are - you have failed the test as a human being. Pirates of the Caribbean and Spider Man were tests sent by God. If you enjoyed them, you failed. Watch (and read) Bukowksi, appreciate it, and perhaps you will get a reprieve from Him. Suckers.… Expand
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  2. Gerry
    9
    Where have I been the last 40 years! The Beats are great but this guy is incredible and this documentary seems to have profilied him particularly well.… Expand
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  3. Johana
    9
    Great documentary. shows how Bukowski was a raw and unfiltered writer.
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