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Review of by Keith Phipps for The A.V. Club — 22 May 2002

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Being There finds humor in the way Sellers becomes a blank screen on which people project their expectations. But it also finds value in his simplicity, which might seem like a lot of New Age hokum if not for Sellers' disarmingly quiet performance.

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This review of Being There (1979) was written by and published by The A.V. Club on 22 May 2002.

Being There has generally received very positive reviews.

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