Review of American Splendor (2003) by Jay D — 20 Sep 2011

I am a great fan of Harvey Pekar and was excited when I first sat down to watch this hand made bio-pic of the legendary comic book character. I think the casting could have been stronger, but aside from that the construction of this film is of the highest quality.

As one of the most cynical and down on his luck characters in the history of book or film, seeing Pekar alives and on screen represented in full working colour, instead of scrawled on the pages of American Splendor by many a different hand, this movie gave all Splendor fans what they had been waiting for and in all honesty delivered nicely.