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64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    Remarkable and evenhanded film.
  2. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Audra Schroeder
    78
    The opening and closing courtroom scenes, in which brother Sumner is granted legal guardianship, show a family in need of healing, mentally and spiritually.
  3. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    75
    Like "Crumb" or "The Devil and Daniel Johnston," it's remarkably close-up moviemaking, with family secrets laid bare for all the world to see.
  4. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    75
    Complexly intriguing documentary about psychedelic rock icon Roky Erickson.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Matt Zoller Seitz
    70
    Luckily, the director Keven McAlester keeps Mr. Erickson's humanity front and center. He lets music critics and musicians praise Mr. Erickson's smiling banshee voice (which influenced Janis Joplin) and pioneering use of feedback, but he doesn't insist on his subject's genius or oversell his importance.
  6. Film Threat
    Reviewed by: Don R. Lewis
    60
    A great meld of rock history, the sociological and familial impacts of mental disability and some courtroom intrigue.
  7. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: J.R. Jones
    60
    I came to this expecting a standard rock doc, but its cobwebbed tale of an aged parent and grown child's debilitating relationship seems closer to "Grey Gardens."
  8. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    50
    Director Keven McAlester's film is entertaining. But with battered archival footage and celebrity worship, McAlester skimps on perspective and complexity.
  9. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    42
    Has the taint of exploitation.
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