Dear Mr. Watterson

Name: Dear Mr. Watterson
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 15, 2013
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Seth Green, Stephan Pastis

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Gravitas Ventures | Release Date: November 15, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Berkeley Breathed, Jef Mallett, Seth Green, Stephan Pastis

Summary: A documentary film about the impact of the newspaper comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson.

Director: Joel Allen Schroeder

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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IndieWire Eric Kohn

Nov 14, 2013

Schroeder tracks the end of innocence in much the same way that the strip captured it each time out. Unlike "Salinger," he hardly makes a spectacle out of Watterson's secluded tendencies. The pileup of interview subjects speak eloquently on his behalf. Read full review

Gary Goldstein

Nov 14, 2013

The film, named for "Calvin" creator Bill Watterson, offers not only an in-depth look at the comic strip's unique influence but also a concise snapshot of the dwindling state of newspapers and their "funny pages." Read full review

RogerEbert.com Odie Henderson

Nov 15, 2013

As they discuss "how much this strip meant to me," I got the sense that Dear Mr. Watterson was as uninterested in them as I was; they're not even identified. Read full review

Keith Uhlich

Nov 12, 2013

Still, if any modern strip is worthy of an extended, Hobbes-style tongue bath, it’s this one. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Nov 18, 2013

Look, Dear Mr. Watterson is a nice movie. Calvin & Hobbes fans may get a kick out of it. But it falls squarely into the promotional genre of documentary filmmaking — the same way so many music docs nowadays seem to be just movies about how awesome the director’s favorite band is. Read full review

Nicolas Rapold

Nov 14, 2013

But viewers looking to learn more about Mr. Watterson and his creation than what’s contained in his Wikipedia entry may come away as hopped-up with impatience as Calvin when confronted by parental indifference. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Nov 14, 2013

The deeply private, intensely ideological and undeniably brilliant Watterson would make an absolutely fascinating subject. But director Joel Allen Schroeder has no access to him. So instead he talks a lot about how much he loves “Calvin and Hobbes” and then invites other fans to do the same. Read full review

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