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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 27 m

Summary Nat Hentoff is one of the enduring voices of the last 65 years, a writer who championed jazz as an art form and who also led the rise of 'alternative' journalism in America. This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patr...

Directed By: David L. Lewis

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 27 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 27 m

The Pleasures of Being Out of Step

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary Nat Hentoff is one of the enduring voices of the last 65 years, a writer who championed jazz as an art form and who also led the rise of 'alternative' journalism in America. This unique documentary wraps the themes of liberty, identity and free expression around a historical narrative that stretches from the Great Depression to the Patr...

Directed By: David L. Lewis

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
68
75% Positive
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25% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
68
75% Positive
6 Reviews
25% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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83
Jul 11, 2014
The documentary includes peerless clips of Billie Holiday and Lester Young from a TV show Hentoff coproduced as well as snatches of an interview with a young Bob Dylan, a clip of Hentoff on William Buckley’s “Firing Line” TV show, and lots more worth your time.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 26, 2014
One might not think that bouncing back and forth between Jazz Hentoff and First Amendment Hentoff would make for consistently engaging viewing, but the movie is in fact remarkably fluid and never less than compelling.
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70
Jul 14, 2014
Hentoff presides over a film rich in the sounds and occasional sights of legendary cultural figures, from Lenny Bruce and Malcolm X to Bob Dylan and Coleman Hawkins.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 24, 2014
This succinct documentary sticks smoothly to its beat.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW
70
Jun 24, 2014
The film has its insights, but perhaps its greatest value is in how it offers something of a record of what time with the talkative, tireless Hentoff is like.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 26, 2014
This mellow chronicle of Nat Hentoff is like a tour through New York’s past.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 30, 2014
A sharp-looking and enjoyable doc that celebrates the writer's legacy but, in its willfully obscure structure, seems a bit too bent on echoing his famous nonconformity.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Wishing Well Productions
Release Date Jun 25, 2014
Duration 1 h 27 m
Rating Not Rated
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Awards

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• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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