Harmontown

Name: Harmontown
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 3, 2014
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 61

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| Release Date: October 3, 2014 | Not Rated

Summary: A documentary on Community creator Dan Harmon.

Director: Neil Berkeley

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 101 min

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Kimberley Jones

Oct 22, 2014

As much a portrait of a community as of its brilliant, de facto mayor, Harmontown is a stirring tribute to the restorative power of finding your people. Read full review

Josh Modell

Oct 1, 2014

The documentary Harmontown falls over itself to balance his dark and light sides, with talking heads testifying both to his rare comedic voice and his impossible-to-deal-with irascibility. Read full review

Darel Jevens

Oct 30, 2014

For those curious about the brains behind the sitcom’s pop-culture savvy and the heart it wears on its sleeve, “Harmontown” makes for an eye-opening extra. Read full review

John DeFore

Mar 17, 2014

Revealing tour doc showcases a quick wit and a bruised soul. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Oct 3, 2014

The best elements of the documentary Harmontown capture the unique raw energy of Harmon. Read full review

Chris Packham

Oct 2, 2014

Berkeley includes some of the writer's unpleasant moments on the tour. But what Harmon wants, as any Community fan knows, is real connection with other human beings. Read full review

Scott Tobias

Sep 29, 2014

The impression left by Harmontown is that the podcast and the tour are feeding the beast, worsening a pathology that casts him as the “mayor” of whatever stage he happens to be occupying at the moment. Read full review

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TheDRauch

Nov 10, 2014

If you have heard of Dan Harmon and are a fan of Community, this doc will prove more tolerable for you than the average viewer. I would be hard pressed to find anything artistically groundbreaking or thematically substantial in this. As a huge fan of Community, I took great delight in justIf you have heard of Dan Harmon and are a fan of Community, this doc will prove more tolerable for you than the average viewer. I would be hard pressed to find anything artistically groundbreaking or thematically substantial in this. As a huge fan of Community, I took great delight in just watching Dan Harmon do his thing. However, this bias cannot be disregarded as anything but bias. Out of the mindset of a Harmonian convert, Harmontown is nothing more than a fan-service indulgence doubling as a tour documentary. We have this shoe-horned message about unifying outcasts and 'nerds' by inducting them into this kind of . . . well . . . COMMUNITY, but it all feels forced and is really heavy handed. We already know that Harmontown is a strong and loving group of fanboys and gals, we have evidence of that in the way the audience interacts with Dan during his shows. By just witnessing his podcasts (easily the most engaging portions of the film) this comes across, but the film indulges so much more than is necessary in pushing this theme of the unity of strangers over one man's work that it can be a bit gag-inducing at times. There isn't much insight gained on Dan Harmon the man or the artist that we already didn't know. For someone who doesn't know who Dan is, this isn't the best introduction to his work. All-said, this is fairly entertaining and there are some legitimate moments of hilarity that ensue during the podcasts, from drunk-off-moonshine rants to some gleefully geeky rounds of Dungeons & Dragons, but there isn't much more than that to check out here.… Expand

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