American Splendor

But some will really enjoy it! I am now lenghtening mt review because yahoo automatically tells me I have to... take care... and remember to brush your teeth.... Full review

It's a good movie. Paul looks like Mr.Simpson! Cartoon-like face and acting. hehe,the director picked a good character. However,I somehow feel that both the movie and actor are kinda of factitious and arty but not really artistic. I'm not criticizing it... Full review

This to me was the most ambitious film of 2003. It was very original. Originality is very important to me when you consider hollywood is filled with lots of unoriginal clones of crap.This film was a mixture of dockumentary and biopic.... Full review

This movie is watchable. I don't know why, but it is. I guess part of it is because nerds are fun to laugh at. Whatever the case, it's worth a look.... Full review

American Splendor tells the true life story of Harvey Pekar who was a file clerk who made comics about his own life. He didn't draw them but he had a friend of his draw them since he was not that great... Full review

If you like different quirky movies, this ones for you. Paul Giamatti is good as Harvey Pekar and this is part bio, part documentary. Don't go if you expect the same old crap they throw at the screen today. The movie... Full review

A dark, but funny look at the larger slice of American life that is sandwiched between LA and New York.... Full review

This movie American Splendor is great. It has great special effects and acting. The movie was funny at some parts,but usually a real life movie about every day life. This movie is about a man named Harvey Pekar(Paul Giamatti)who is really... Full review

I guess I am sucker for biographies of weird people. This certainly qualifies for that.What makes this film different from others is the combination of fictional and real people playing the two main characters: Harvey and Joyce Pekar. For most... Full review

Have always been a fan of R. Crumb and various underground comix of the 60's and 70's. Didn't know much about Harvey Pekar but found the film fascinating. Went out and bought the American Splendor compilations and was amazed at how... Full review

Don't worry, while there are abundant complexities, the film is confusing in a stimulating way....we intuitively discover things, while listening to a great soundtrack.....Yet it does confront a man's many moments of despair.....Besides, the laid back jazz score offers an enticing backdrop on this unexpected ride of insanity..... ... Full Review

American Splendor is the true story of the man most unlikely to succeed, who uses his everyday life and experiences as fuel for the narrative of his comic books. Two bad marriages behind him (we only get a glimpse of the last moments of the second), Harvey is a sad basket case and this is the glue that holds our interest. ... Full Review

American Splendor is a Brilliant Adapation of Harvey Pekar's Work....Giamatti has the extra burden of having Harvey appear in the movie alongside him.....I have enjoyed Paul Giamatti since Private Parts and once again he delivers an amazing performance.....They are both character actors with star talent, who cast aside ego and dive right into their parts, not caring how they appear....This is another ingenious storytelling element.... ... Full Review

Splendor" is an unconventional movie.....the wonder of the film....the best performances.... ... Full Review

Harvey Pekar's working-class, ordinary-palooka autobiographical comic American Splendor has been earning enthusiastic critical acclaim for decades without scoring much mainstream popularity. He came closest in 2003, through Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini's innovative film version of his work: Part biopic, part comics adaptation, and part narrative experiment, American Splendor sparked an wave of interest that carried Pekar around the world for publicity appearances and conventions. ... Full Review

Niki Caro, directing Whale Rider ; Catherine Hardwicke, directing Thirteen ; Patty Jenkins, with Monster ; and Shari Springer Berman, with American Splendor , all joined Ms. ... Full Article

Josh Neufeld, a longtime artist for comic artist Harvey Pekar 's American Splendor series, spent three weeks as a Red Cross volunteer in Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina. ... Full Article

Since the mid-1970s, Harvey Pekar's pioneering, real-life comics have been both mundane and profound in their representation of working-class life. Waiting behind slow, Jewish ladies in a supermarket line, receiving words of wisdom from Mr. ... Full Article

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Of all the ways to describe Harvey Pekar -- irascible, schleppy malcontent; droll observer of life's minutiae; disagreeable David Letterman guest; star and subject of the wonderful 2003 film American Splendor -- "opera star" would not immediately leap to mind... ... Full Article

Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, the duo behind the big-screen version of "American Splendor," are adapting for HBO "Brother Sam," a biography of hard-living maverick comedian Sam Kinison written by his brother Bill. ... Full Article