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The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick
Metascore
27 out of 100

Generally unfavorable - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 8
  3. Negative: 6 out of 8
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    75
    Admirers of "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" and other Dick literature will enjoy this nonfiction look at the writer, his career, and his eccentricities, some of which were as bizarre as his fiction.
  2. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Maitland McDonagh
    40
    The filmmakers created an animated version of the writer to accompany audio clips of Dick speaking. It's a well-intentioned but unsatisfying invention, which pretty much sums up the whole enterprise.
  3. Film.com
    Reviewed by: Henry Cabot Beck
    30
    Doesn't have the courage or inclination to go inside of Dick's ideas, or offer any kind of structured or detailed approach to his thinking or writing.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: A.O. Scott
    30
    The documentary doesn't get near the prowess of its subject; it passes through your life like a minor daydream.
  5. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Kevin Maynard
    28
    Duller-than-a-Vitalife-convention compilation of talking heads.
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  6. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jami Bernard
    25
    Both a fan's dream and a moviegoer's nightmare: It ends up being all about those who remember and interpret Philip K. Dick and not about the man himself.
  7. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    25
    Anyone interested in this remarkably prolific author would be better off visiting a library or bookshop.
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  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    20
    Writers are only interesting for what they've written, and for that you'll have to go read.
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