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Almost There
Directed by
Aaron Wickenden
,
Dan Rybicky
Not Rated
2015
85m
Documentary
,
Biography
,
and more
7.8
82%
94%
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An elderly "outsider" artist living in at-risk conditions befriends two filmmakers and causes controversy at his first major exhibition.
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Cast of Almost There
Peter Anton
Himself
Aaron Wickenden
Director / Producer
Dan Rybicky
Director / Writer / Producer
Almost There Ratings & Reviews
Chicago Sun-Times
Miriam Di Nunzio
Narrated by the 83-year-old Anton, the documentary takes on even more emotional punch as you hear the joy, the sadness, the pain, the anticipation in his time-weary voice; no "talking head" could have done his story justice.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
"Almost There" has some extraordinarily fine elements, but its big reveal destroyed all the goodwill it expected I would feel by film's end. Your mileage may vary.
Los Angeles Times
Charles Solomon
He's demanding, imperious, self-pitying and manipulative to a degree that would be difficult to accept in a major talent, let alone a wannabe whose work barely rises to the level of paint-by-numbers. Nor is this portrait of him particularly well crafted.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Phillips
As the filmmakers work through their messy, messed-up place in the life story they're capturing, the film gathers a head of steam.
Village Voice
Serena Donadoni
The observational documentary meets the observer effect in Almost There as filmmakers chronicle how their solitary subject is changed by their own scrutiny.
AV Club
Benjamin Mercer
An involving documentary about complicated filmmaker-subject relations.
The Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
What starts out as a familiar kind of portrait eventually grows a layer or two more complex, offering narrative appeal even to those who don't know their Henry Dargers from their Howard Finsters.
Nonfics (Substack)
Christopher Campbell
Too many documentaries suffer for just assuming we'll agree their subjects are interesting. This one puts in the work and gives us reason to be compelled.
New York Times
Glenn Kenny
For a while, the movie feels like an episode of "Hoarders" inflected with a hipster aesthetic.
Newcity
Ray Pride
The ethical question of how involved the filmmakers ought to be, in light of his circumstances, grows uneasy. "I'm not your subject," Anton bursts out at one point, "I thought you were my friend."
Chicago Reader
Ben Sachs
This strikes a balance between character study and social study, as the filmmakers ask us to consider how our communities care for isolated individuals who are elderly or mentally ill.
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