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- 2011
- Rialto Pictures
- 1 h 24 m
- 2011
- Rialto Pictures
- 1 h 24 m
Summary Wise, brilliant and funny, Fran Lebowitz hit the New York literary scene in the early ‘70s when Andy Warhol hired the unknown scribe to write a column for interview magazine. Today, she’s an acclaimed author with legions of fans who adore her acerbic wit. (HBO Documentary Films)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
- 2011
- Rialto Pictures
- 1 h 24 m
- 2011
- Rialto Pictures
- 1 h 24 m
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Summary Wise, brilliant and funny, Fran Lebowitz hit the New York literary scene in the early ‘70s when Andy Warhol hired the unknown scribe to write a column for interview magazine. Today, she’s an acclaimed author with legions of fans who adore her acerbic wit. (HBO Documentary Films)
Directed By: Martin Scorsese
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Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
78
91% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
1 Review
0% Negative
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A fabulously enjoyable documentary from Martin Scorsese that may introduce a new generation to this incredibly sharp, often stinging, but famously unproductive writer. [22 Nov 2010, p.12B]
The quick-witted malcontent, a Morristown, New Jersey, refugee who arrived at Port Authority in 1969, is the best kind of New Yorker: one with a long memory who's averse to nostalgia.
Even if her writers block continues for another three decades, Lebowitz herself remains undeniably fascinating. Scorsese's documentary offers us a long overdue taste of her unique, queasily accurate perspectives on our culture -- always right, never fair and never disappointing.
This is a movie with a lot of intelligence and ideas, about someone with a lot of both, for people who, even if they lack one or both of those qualities, appreciate them.
This may not be Martin Scorsese's most sophisticated film, but it actually takes a smart filmmaker to understand that, with a subject like Fran Lebowitz, the best thing you can do is let her talk.
Without any framing background information, this affectionate documentary and its continual monologues can feel a little too insidery and indulgent. [22 Nov 2010, p.G9]
Intermittently amusing and surely interesting, "Lebowitz" falls victim to the classic faux pas of overstaying its welcome.
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Production Company
HBO Documentary Films,
American Express,
Consolidated Documentaries,
Sikelia Productions
Release Date Feb 23, 2011
Duration 1 h 24 m
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Awards
Gotham Awards
• 1 Nomination
