Review of American Splendor (2003) by Lyndon G — 17 Jun 2009

Tonite I watched american splendor.

Travelingguy: Wow really great interesting movie. I had never heard of this guy Harvey Pekar. Innovative fresh style movie like I have never seen before not exactly a documentary but...like one and more. hats off to the 2 directors for this non-hip movie about the Angst and comic books of Harvey Pekar. True life and fiction about him at the same side by side frame in the mlvie. Paul Giamatti is really great starring as Pekar. I was only familiar with him in Sideways. from wiki: The film was written and directed by documentarians Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who share writing credit with Pekar and his wife, Joyce Brabner. It stars Paul Giamatti as Pekar and Hope Davis as Brabner. However, it also features appearances from Pekar and Brabner themselves (along with Toby Radloff), who discuss their lives, the comic books, and how it feels to be depicted onscreen by actors. It was filmed entirely on location in Cleveland and Lakewood in Ohio" Really a great movie one of the best I have seen in the last five years. Truly Fabulously Original (as was Pekar). The 2003 DVD transfer is pretty bad maybe they will reissue on blue ray. Five stars.