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  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • ITVS International
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • ITVS International
  • 1 h 33 m

Summary Almost There is a coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in at-risk conditions whose world changes (and maybe not all for the better) when he's discovered by two filmmakers. Shot over eight years, Almost There documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces hi...

Directed By: Dan Rybicky, Aaron Wickenden

Written By: Dan Rybicky

  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • ITVS International
  • 1 h 33 m
  • 2015
  • Not Rated
  • ITVS International
  • 1 h 33 m

Almost There

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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Summary Almost There is a coming-of-(old)-age story about Peter Anton, an elderly "outsider" artist living in at-risk conditions whose world changes (and maybe not all for the better) when he's discovered by two filmmakers. Shot over eight years, Almost There documents Anton's first major exhibition and how the controversy it generates forces hi...

Directed By: Dan Rybicky, Aaron Wickenden

Written By: Dan Rybicky

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Generally Favorable Based on 7 Critic Reviews
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83
Dec 9, 2015
Almost There, made under the banner of Windy City-based doc shop Kartemquin Films (Hoop Dreams), gives Anton’s kitschy-colorful portraiture the requisite close-up, but the film quickly becomes more compelling as a protracted intervention than as an act of advocacy.
By Benjamin Mercer FULL REVIEW
80
Dec 8, 2015
After guiding his fate, the filmmakers step back and dispassionately capture a series of frustrated caregivers passing the baton, each nudging Anton toward a new life. This decision makes Almost There a richer, more compassionate portrait.
By Serena Donadoni FULL REVIEW
75
Dec 9, 2015
The documentary homes in on the ideas of community, about caregiving and giving care, about human nature and humanity, about parenting and becoming parents to the people we once called mom and dad.
By Miriam Di Nunzio FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 3, 2015
What starts out as a familiar kind of portrait...eventually grows a layer or two more complex.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Dec 3, 2015
This first feature from Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden demonstrates that these documentary filmmakers might do well to think more like journalists sometimes.
By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW
63
Dec 11, 2015
In surveying this setting, one might think Almost There is a documentary about impoverished, elderly folks who have sadly fallen through the cracks in the system. Instead, it’s an uncomfortable journey through the later life of an artist, a warts-and-all look at the filmmakers’ process that fails to get past its most troublesome wart.
By Odie Henderson FULL REVIEW
60
Dec 10, 2015
The film is as lacking in polish and structure as its subject's canvases, which makes it an appropriate tribute to a marginal figure whose dreams of art world and/or Hollywood stardom stubbornly remain "almost there."
By Charles Solomon FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Kartemquin Films
Release Date Dec 4, 2015
Duration 1 h 33 m
Rating Not Rated
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Tagline Almost There means not getting what you set out for.
Website http://kartemquin.com/films/almost-there
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Awards

Midwest Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
Sarasota Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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