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88Earnhart's fundamental compassion toward his subjects elevates a riveting work that feels like a hybrid of ''Crumb'' and ''Nashville,'' with maybe a side of ''King of the Hill'' tossed on the barbecue.
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70Only the epilogue, a happy ending tacked on to counter the cascading disappointments, seems contrived.
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63There's nothing more uplifting than a documentary that celebrates a man's capacity to dream, and nothing more depressing than one that mocks those dreams. Stephen Earnhart's Mule Skinner Blues walks the razor's edge between these approaches.
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75As deliciously eccentric as the real-life characters it chronicles.
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100That’s it! I’ve had it! I’m packin’ up my shit and I’m movin’ to a trailer park down in…down south…somewhere. Apparently, there’s a lot more interesting people in these places than one could ever imagine meeting in their Starbucks bruised metropolitan areas or crosswalk guarded suburbs.
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70An affectionate documentary about a free-spirited group.
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70Stephen Earnhart's documentary lovingly covers the process -- veering between pathos, inspiration and mockery
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63Very funny. It's also heartbreakingly sad.
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Comes uncomfortably close to mocking these unlikely filmmakers, raising questions about its director's intentions and his respect for the subjects' humanity.
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70It might be tempting to regard Mr. Andrew and his collaborators as oddballs, but Mr. Earnhart's quizzical, charming movie allows us to see them, finally, as artists.
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70This is as powerful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters, and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives.
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80Above all a rousing entertainment.
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Earnhart's auteurs are better adjusted, integrating their art into the daily routine of their (equally fucked-up) lives.