The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg (re-release)
Metascore
59 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6
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  1. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    100
    His readings of his own work are especially thoughtful, moving, and provocative in the best possible ways.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marc Savlov
    78
    A meticulously-researched chunk of underground Americana that traces the poet's full life from his rather dysfunctional childhood (beneath the hoary shadow of his mentally ill mother) to his meetings and eventual friendships with Kerouac, Burroughs, Neal Cassady and other Beat luminaries. (Review of Original Release)
  3. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Rosenbaum
    60
    Strictly routine as filmmaking, adhering fairly consistently to the sound-bite approach. But given the subject, there's still a great deal of interest here about the life, art, milieu, and political activity of Ginsberg. (Review of Original Release)
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    50
    A refreshingly straightforward, conventional approach to the documentary form. (Review of Original Release)
  5. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hal Hinson
    40
    Is it scintillating, nutty, madly inspired or ecstatically preposterous? Ginsberg himself is all these things, but this movie is not. (Review of Original Release)
  6. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Darren Reidy
    30
    Slowly devolves to the inept "warm bodies shine together in the darkness."

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