Feels Good Man

Name: Feels Good Man
Genre: Comedy, Documentary
Released: September 4, 2020
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 79
Cast: Alex Jones, Emily Heller, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joel Finkelstein, John Michael Greer

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| Release Date (Streaming): September 4, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Alex Jones, Emily Heller, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Joel Finkelstein, John Michael Greer, Lisa Hanawalt, Matt Furie, Robert Barnes, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert

Summary: Artist Matt Furie, creator of the comic character Pepe the Frog, begins an uphill battle to take back his iconic cartoon image from those who used it for their own purposes.

Director: Arthur Jones

Genre(s): Comedy, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 92 min

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Abby Olcese

Mar 26, 2020

Feels Good Man is, in some sense, a horror movie about the legacy of images, the ownership of images by their creators, and the lives they take on outside of the artists who make them. In particular, it’s a horror story about the life of one particular image: Pepe. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 7, 2020

Pepe was been turned into something he was never intended to be. His creator and steward didn't realize what was occurring until it was too late to halt or reverse it. Read full review

Jacob Oller

Oct 22, 2020

Feels Good Man’s greatest strength is affirming that even the most lighthearted things are worth fighting for. Even when it means buying a suit and going to court to protect your frog-man. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 3, 2020

At its best, the movie is a vertiginous, head-slapping examination of the tangible, unpredictable consequences of making art. Read full review

Josh Larsen

Nov 13, 2020

Director Arthur Jones delivers a fascinating deep dive into meme culture, tracing how something like this can happen so quickly in our viral age. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Sep 3, 2020

This isn’t just the definitive story of a perma-stoned frog who just likes to do what “feels good man,” it’s also an expansive forensic look at the life cycle of an idea, a warp-speed analysis of internet sociology, and a harrowingly modern fable about innocence lost. If the film can’t find a way to be all of those things at once, it’s still horrific and fascinating and maybe even a little bit hopeful to see how this strange world of ours has knotted them together. Read full review

Dan Fienberg

Sep 3, 2020

Buying Pepe as misunderstood and buying Pepe as a character destined for redemption are two different things, and it's the argument after the buildup where Feels Good Man stopped feeling persuasive for me. Your hopefulness may vary. Read full review

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rwncop

Jan 30, 2021

Watched this for the first time during a watch together on Twitch, there was also a Q&A with the creator afterwards as well.

I've always seen the memes about the character but never understood it's meaning and it's history. This documentary was very informative and kept me interestedWatched this for the first time during a watch together on Twitch, there was also a Q&A with the creator afterwards as well.

I've always seen the memes about the character but never understood it's meaning and it's history. This documentary was very informative and kept me interested throughout. The pacing was great and I didn't feel that anything was dragged out too long. One of my favourite parts was the great animations throughout the doc, especially that last one.

I highly recommend giving this a watch.… Expand

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DawnC

Sep 15, 2020

If you grew up on the internet, it’s gratifying to see a doc that understands how important meme culture is to daily life.

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JLuis_001

Feb 11, 2023

I can't imagine what it's like to have your work stolen and used as an object of hate.
Pepe's drawing became something it was never meant to be, and something its creator simply could not undo, let alone stop.
This documentary doesn't cover a lot of ground, but it does an adequate job ofI can't imagine what it's like to have your work stolen and used as an object of hate.
Pepe's drawing became something it was never meant to be, and something its creator simply could not undo, let alone stop.

This documentary doesn't cover a lot of ground, but it does an adequate job of exposing the issue and tying it perfectly into the distortion of what the US became once this situation started to get so insidious.… Expand

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Philo0257

Apr 13, 2021

How did this no talent skank ever get on TV? She is a joke. Every show for four years said the same thing. Trump bad. Now she thinks Clueless Joe is the Golden Child. She, her opinions, and her show are all jokes.

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