Review of Being Evel (2015) by Huw G — 12 Mar 2016

A compelling and absorbing character documentary.

This review of Being Evel (2015) was written by Huw G on 12 Mar 2016.

Being Evel has generally received positive reviews.

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By Michael Rechtshaffen (1,086) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 19 Aug 2015

The rise-and-fall trajectory of Knievel's career is colorfully captured in Daniel Junge's Being Evel, a savvy documentary that gives the granddaddy…

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By Brian Miller (136) for Seattle Weekly (293) on 19 Aug 2015

Variously cribbing his image from Elvis, James Brown, and Liberace, Knievel becomes a recognizable huckster and all-American showman…

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By Joe Bendel (106) for Epoch Times (337) on 21 May 2016

Junge assembled some spectacularly dramatic and telling footage that evokes an era that is no so long ago, but feels so very far away…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Butler's Cinema Scene (4) on 27 Aug 2015

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Meticulously researched and interestingly presented, Being Evel works because just as it looks as though it might devolve into a sycophantic…

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