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100The film underscores the paradox in this man's life: the split between the mild-mannered New Yorker and the fearless vagabond who joined an Arakmbut hunting raid.
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91As compelling as it is bizarre.
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88Ynever seen a documentary quite like this one, and aren't likely to again.
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88A remarkable film about a remarkable man who's lived the kind of life usually reserved for adventure novels and pulp fiction.
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80Meanders, dawdles, doubles back on itself but finally gets us somewhere fascinating and worthwhile.
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80For him (Schneebaum) it's a journey of stunning rediscovery. For us it's the discovery of a brave soul.
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80He (Tobias) had a life, however, that was way off the charts in its unpredictability, and sharing it with him is fascinating.
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75The Shapiros wisely focus on the mystery of this man, who was spectacularly ill-prepared for both of his jungle journeys, and apparently walked away from civilization prepared to rely on the kindness of strangers.
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75Sometimes disturbing but consistently fascinating.
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75A fascinating story.
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75Story of Tobias Schneebaum, a gay New York artist famous for living with, sleeping with - and, gulp, eating with - cannibals in New Guinea.
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75As an exploration of a man who really did take the road less traveled, the film is fascinating.
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63It's worth seeing simply to make the acquaintance of Tobias, a really extraordinary old guy.
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60Fascinating, if slightly unfocused, film.
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60The Shapiros, whose film is intercut with hilarious clips from vintage TV interviews with Mike Douglas and Charlie Rose, ultimately reveal a frail but mentally robust old man.
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60An engaging and colorful but somewhat overbalanced documentary.
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50The obvious thing is to say that Keep the River on Your Right has unfortunately bitten off more than it can chew -- but not more than we can digest.
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50A fairly depressing experience.
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50As he explains the male-male relationships and the absence of stigma or judgment, the film soars.
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Provides a fascinating glimpse of how the human spirit struggles.
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40Gay jungle sex (gasp!), gone-native intellectuals, tribal rituals (gulp!), cannibalism (none of which the film shows, by the way) -- it sounds like a "Weekly World News" front page, not the thematic fodder of a highbrow non-fiction film.
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40Schneebaum is a great subject; the film doesn't quite make the most of him.
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20There's little evidence to suggest Schneebaum was one of the great explorers of the 20th century, or even that he was particularly curious.
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