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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 14 Aug 2010

We are treated to all manner of worshipy recollections from a stable of Thompson's admirers, including, believe it or not, Patrick Buchanan…

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By Simon Foster (434) for sbs.com.au (697) on 08 Aug 2010

Alex Gibney's documentary (aligns) the Gonzo's descent into madness with the decline of American values…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 01 Aug 2010

A tender, even-tempered elegy to a writer who at his peak could ingest staggering (literally) amounts of drugs and alcohol and transform, like…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Dec 2009

It's more Thompson-for-beginners than an exhaustive inquiry, but as introductions go, it's thorough and thoughtful…

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By Jim Ridley (126) for Village Voice (8,525) on 06 Aug 2009

While the evidence of his spotty post-1970s work is hard to refute, Gonzo proves what a vapid, overvalued commodity edginess is, championing…

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By Stephen Hunter (927) for Washington Post (9,851) on 30 Jul 2009

It seems to celebrate him more for his attitude, his fashionably leftist politics, his fame and his friendships than for any meaningful…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 26 Jul 2009

A mesmerizing look at the mythic quality and anarchic spirit of the irreverent and rabble-rousing journalist…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for The New York Times (9,847) on 06 Jun 2009

It is to Mr…

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By Jennifer Merin (124) for About.com (1,470) on 25 May 2009

Alex Gibney's documentary about bad boy journalist Dr. Hunter S. Thompson is both a memorial exaltation and a lament…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 27 Mar 2009

So I was curious to see why we needed a two-hour documentary about the three-hit wonder who cast away his career halfway through life and coasted…

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By Robert Roten (1,865) for Laramie Movie Scope (1,865) on 05 Feb 2009

A colorful documentary about the famed journalist and author, Hunter S…

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By Josh Rosenblatt (154) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 28 Dec 2008

There's a nagging sense throughout Gonzo that, despite his late-life decline into caricature, Thompson was too complex, too self-mythologized,…

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By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 19 Dec 2008

Superbly directed, hugely entertaining documentary that's a treat for both newcomers and aficionados of Thompson's work…

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By Angie Errigo (463) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 19 Dec 2008

A definitive, accessible, even inspiring screen biography put together with thought and vitality…

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By Dave Calhoun (583) for Time Out (7,510) on 19 Dec 2008

The film's plea that we need Thompson now more than ever is a little misty-eyed: Thompson's day was long gone by the time he put a gun to his head…

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By Richard Luck (100) for Film4 (1,522) on 19 Dec 2008

Much like the man himself, it's quite a piece of work…

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By James Christopher (268) for Times (UK) (2,458) on 19 Dec 2008

Gonzo is much more than a tribute to a maverick and genuine pioneer. It's a lament for the gaping hole that Thompson left behind…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 19 Dec 2008

This documentary about his life by Alex Gibney, though entertaining in many ways, is oddly uninterested in his strengths or otherwise as a…

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By Tim Evans (725) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 19 Dec 2008

Director Alex Gibney has plundered 200 hours of audiotapes, hundreds of photos and personal testimony from an impressive roster of Thompson's…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Dec 2008

The film is content to laugh affectionately at Thompson's bad boy exploits, giggle at the impatience of a man who went hunting boar with a…

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