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Dear Mr. Watterson
Directed by
Joel Allen Schroeder
Not Rated
2013
90m
Documentary
6.4
64%
51%
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A documentary about the impact of the newspaper comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes," created by Bill Watterson.
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Cast of Dear Mr. Watterson
Seth Green
Himself
Berkeley Breathed
Himself
Stephan Pastis
Himself
Bill Amend
Himself
Jef Mallett
Himself
Dave Kellett
Himself
Jan Eliot
Herself
Lee Salem
Himself
Nevin Martell
Himself
Jean Schulz
Herself
Dan Piraro
Himself
Joel Allen Schroeder
Director / Producer
Christopher Browne
Producer
Matt McUsic
Producer
Dear Mr. Watterson Ratings & Reviews
Variety
Peter Debruge
Everything you'd expect from a crowd-sourced documentary, designed to celebrate its subject, while mostly just validating the aesthetic taste of its backers.
Shared Darkness
Brent Simon
A big-hearted but overly fawning documentary that -- despite some great interview material -- feel like a soggy toss-off, and missed opportunity.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
An hour and a half of hero worship, basically. Fine by me.
Oregonian
Marc Mohan
You may not learn anything from this mild, unremarkable film, but you might be tempted to order the deluxe, four-volume "The Complete Calvin and Hobbes" after watching it.
Film School Rejects
Rob Hunter
An affectionate and personable look at the effect of one man's work on others that doesn't say much beyond that.
Cinema Crazed
Felix Vasquez Jr.
A fantastic love letter to Calvin and Hobbes and its fans...
New York Post
Sara Stewart
It was one of the greats of the now-nearly-defunct Sunday funnies, no doubt. Unfortunately, there's not much cinematic magic in watching the director reading the strip, or hearing various other enthusiasts talk about how much they loved it.
NPR
Ian Buckwalter
If nothing else, it's a pleasant reminder that if you haven't taken those Calvin & Hobbes anthologies off the shelf in a while, maybe it's time to go exploring again.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
At one point, someone marvels at Calvin's sheer "lust for life," and while Mr. Schroeder, no doubt, has a parallel fascination with his favorite comic strip, the film doesn't follow through.
RogerEbert.com
Odie Henderson
I was frustrated to the point of rewinding the screener and pausing it so I could take in what was being described. In a theater, you won't have this luxury.
Los Angeles Times
Gary Goldstein
Offers not only an in-depth look at the comic strip's unique influence but also a concise snapshot of the dwindling state of newspapers and their "funny pages."
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
Your money would be better used - and Schroeder's points better made - if you spent it on any "Calvin and Hobbes" collection instead.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Bilge Ebiri
It would make a nice supplement to the real thing, maybe a bonus disc when you purchase the Calvin & Hobbes Collection or something. But it never justifies its own existence.
AV Club
A.A. Dowd
Should any non-converted souls manage to stumble into Dear Mr. Watterson, the onscreen samples should be enough to stoke their curiosity.
Paste Magazine
Tim Grierson
"Dear Mr. Watterson" has a lot of passion but just barely enough insight.
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
Too much of Dear Mr. Watterson is taken up by Schroeder and an array of non-professional C&H-lovers offering vague praise, with little to no real analysis-aesthetic, historical, or cultural.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Any "Calvin and Hobbes" fan will enjoy watching Schroeder's film, which is more a love letter to the strip and its publicity-shy creator than anything else.
Village Voice
Stephanie Zacharek
Most people hold dearly to the memory of certain things they loved as kids, but those much-fingered scraps of security blanket aren't always enough to hold a documentary together.
IndieWire
Eric Kohn
Schroeder tracks the end of innocence in much the same way that the strip captured it each time out.
Slant Magazine
Wes Greene
Though it begins by spending far too much time talking up the comic's quality, it gradually finds a groove as an incisive portrait of an insecure industry.
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