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For No Good Reason
Directed by
Charlie Paul
R
2012
89m
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7.0
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Johnny Depp pays a visit to Ralph Steadman, the renown artist and the last of the original Gonzo visionaries who worked alongside Hunter S. Thompson.
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Cast of For No Good Reason
Ralph Steadman
Self
Hunter S. Thompson
Self (archive footage)
Terry Gilliam
Self
Richard E. Grant
Self
Jann Wenner
Self
Johnny Depp
Self
Francis Bacon
Self (archive footage)
William S. Burroughs
Self (archive footage)
For No Good Reason Ratings & Reviews
Seattle Times
Soren Andersen
Meet Ralph Steadman and his nightmare visions of a world in pain, revealed in a mesmerizing documentary.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
The film makes it clear that not only was Steadman perfect for Thompson's work (and a big part of his success), his work stands on its own artistically.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Joe Williams
Giving an overlooked luminary his due is reason enough for "For No Good Reason."
Detroit News
Tom Long
As wonderful as it is to watch the man work, and to review many of the startling images he created over the years, the film has its dead spots.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Steven Rea
Though we don't get to know Steadman the man all that well (rough time at boarding school, and yes, he has a wife and a dog), we do get to know his art.
Boston Globe
Mark Feeney
There's no more exciting effect in the documentary than the look of pure pleasure on Depp's face as he stands by Steadman's drawing table, peeking over his shoulder as he attacks a sheet of paper.
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Stamets
Lovingly detailed with animated and archival imagery.
RogerEbert.com
Glenn Kenny
I learned more about Steadman than I had known, and was glad to do so.
San Diego Reader
Matthew Lickona
A savage journey into the heart of the artist's dream to change the world by making his mark.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
The most rewarding parts of the film feature Steadman simply talking about his influences (Picasso, among others) and his youthful goal of changing the world through art.
Austin Chronicle
Josh Kupecki
Instead of embracing the chaotic discovery that Steadman personifies, the film ends up being merely a paint-by-numbers.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
This is most worthwhile for its scenes of Steadman at work, flinging ink all over the place and turning the splatter marks into his signature grotesques.
Village Voice
Nick Schager
For No Good Reason details the famed wild-man cartoonist's career with a stylistic daring that doesn't quite match its subject's, but is nonetheless in keeping with his unconventional spirit.
USA Today
Claudia Puig
Depp does a fine job of narrating unobtrusively, negotiating Steadman's free-ranging musings and keeping them on track. Steadman is genial, witty and self-deprecating.
AV Club
Jesse Hassenger
[It becomes] less interesting as it stretches to feature length, sometimes resembling a handsomely illustrated CV.
Variety
Andrew Barker
The result is a bit unwieldy, casting too wide a net to really plumb its subject's depths, and defanging some of Steadman's acid wit with an overly busy, hit-and-miss aesthetic approach.
The Dissolve
David Ehrlich
For No Good Reason is an absolute mess from start to finish, a portrait of an artist that's almost rendered redundant by his art
New York Times
A.O. Scott
"For No Good Reason" is less revealing than a standard hourlong television tribute might have been. We learn almost nothing about Mr. Steadman's life, and too little about the non-Thompson-related aspects of his oeuvre.
TIME Magazine
Richard Corliss
The salient, liveliest parts of For No Good Reason - the title comes from Thompson's reply when Steadman once asked him, "Why are we doing this?" - are to be found in the artist's display of his work and recollections of the eccentrics he met.
Paste Magazine
Tim Grierson
There's no questioning the love that Paul and his interview subjects feel about Steadman. But the movie's problem isn't a dearth of adoration -- it's a lack of focus.
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