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Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Directed by
Michel Gondry
2013
88m
Not Rated
Documentary
,
Animation
,
Biography
7.1
92%
68%
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A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.
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Cast of Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?
Michel Gondry
Himself
Noam Chomsky
Himself
Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? Reviews
San Francisco Chronicle
David Lewis
On paper, Chomsky and Gondry seem like an eternal mismatch, but these two very smart people share an odd but genuine chemistry ...
New York Daily News
Jordan Hoffman
Weaves between clear representations of what's discussed and beautiful abstract expressionism.
Washington Post
Michael O'Sullivan
Probably of interest only to those viewers who, like Gondry himself apparently, already have an obsession with Chomsky.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
What emerges from the chats and the drawings and the animation is an often-fascinating glimpse at both genius and the creative process (itself a kind of genius, after all). If it sounds boring, it isn't. If it sounds weird, it is - but weird in a good way.
AV Club
Ben Kenigsberg
The contrast in tempos produces the feeling of arriving to class overcaffeinated-or alternatively, watching the graduate-seminar equivalent of Schoolhouse Rock.
indieWire
Eric Kohn
Gondry's eccentric look at Chomsky's intellectual proclivities leads to a thoughtful examination of both director and star.
Slant Magazine
Steve Macfarlane
A magnificently quizzical diagram of two ceaselessly inquiring minds in perfect tandem, like a raw X-ray of atomized creativity.
The Dissolve
Noel Murray
Even though Gondry and Chomsky's very different sensibilities don't mesh in such a way that either man's work gains substantially from the alliance, they're each such good company individually that Is The Man Who Is Tall Happy? is still entertaining.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
Tthe onscreen result is a striking inquiry into how we comprehend the world, neatly divided between a man of words and a man of images
Hollywood Reporter
John DeFore
An almost entirely hand-drawn, animated film that was clearly a labor of love for the director and has enough charm to reach a wider audience than his other recent docs.
Variety
Ronnie Scheib
Michel Gondry doodles while Noam Chomsky philosophizes in an inspired meeting of idiosyncratic minds.
Salon.com
Andrew O'Hehir
Yes, it's a cartoon. About Noam Chomsky.
New York Times
Manohla Dargis
Its modesty is one of its strengths, along with Mr. Gondry's entrancing, vibrant illustrations.
Los Angeles Times
Betsy Sharkey
When Gondry says he had to do this film with Chomsky, you believe him.
Village Voice
Alan Scherstuhl
A documentary-like dazzler, Gondry's Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? proves another edifying treasure hunt into the depths of a living mind.
Spirituality & Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Oh my, look at the density and stretch of this MIT linguist!
Film Journal International
Chris Barsanti
It's hard to imagine a less fitting artist to tackle a documentary about academic Noam Chomsky, a thinker most known for his rigorously didactic approach to political discourse. Nevertheless, it proves to be a provocative collaboration.
Monsters and Critics
Ron Wilkinson
At best the briefest introduction to Chomsky's world, Gondry pulls off the impossible with this playfully filmed interview.
Metro
Matt Prigge
The man [Noam Chomsky] himself remains elusive, but he's just open enough that he remains appropriately mysterious.
The Playlist
Charlie Schmidlin
"If you're willing to be puzzled, you're able to learn," Chomsky says...To his credit (and without affectation), Gondry doesn't cloak the fact that he is often perplexed by his subject. Because of his confusion though, we are able to learn quite a lot.
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