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American Splendor
Directed by
Shari Springer Berman
,
Robert Pulcini
R
2003
1h 41m
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7.4
94%
86%
7.2
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An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.
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Cast of American Splendor
Paul Giamatti
Harvey Pekar
Hope Davis
Joyce Brabner
Judah Friedlander
Toby Radloff
James Urbaniak
Robert Crumb
Earl Billings
Mr. Boats
James McCaffrey
Fred
Maggie Moore
Alice Quinn
Vivienne Benesch
Lana
Daniel Tay
Young Harvey
Harvey Pekar
Real Harvey / Novel
Donal Logue
Stage Actor Harvey
Josh Hutcherson
Robin
Joyce Brabner
Joyce Brabner / Novel
Molly Shannon
Stage Actor Joyce
Toby Radloff
Toby Radloff
Eytan Mirsky
Guitarist
Joey Krajcar
Batman
Chris Ambrose
Superman
Cameron Carter
Green Lantern
Mary Faktor
Housewife
American Splendor Ratings & Reviews
Film Comment Magazine
Amy Taubin
What makes the film special throughout is the way its form mirrors its subject matter. On every level, it's a film about unlikely marriages.
The New Yorker
Anthony Lane
Mild fame may have patronized these folks, but the movie pays them a comic homage that feels flattering, fast-witted, and true.
Wall Street Journal
Joe Morgenstern
I can't imagine how the filmmakers went about it, let alone pulled the whole thing off, but their film comes together in unpredictable and remarkably pleasurable ways.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
Earthy, gritty and real; for older kids.
AV Club
Scott Tobias
The rare artist biopic that goes beyond the dull march of events and actually illuminates the creative process.
Newsweek
David Ansen
A glorious rebuke to all this summer's recycled, effects-ridden, laboriously "fun" Hollywood disappointments piled along the wayside like so many crashed cars.
Chicago Reader
Jonathan Rosenbaum
We're constantly kept on our toes regarding issues of representation while Pekar's sour but indefatigible working-class skepticism carries us along.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
It would be a mistake to regard American Splendor as an anthem for the common man. It is the uncommon that is being celebrated here.
Austin Chronicle
Marc Savlov
American Splendor, if not entirely new in every single respect, at the very least feels remarkably fresh and exciting for a story that's essentially about a fortysomething curmudgeon.
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
If Harvey Pekar is a brilliant oddity so is the movie that tells his story.
Houston Chronicle
Eric Harrison
The kind of movie that sticks with you for days, your admiration growing each time you remember it.
Detroit News
Tom Long
An audacious mix of documentary, animation, comic and staged film that somehow finds heart and hope in the gray wash of a real life.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
Codirectors Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini, who have three traditional documentaries on their resume, do a good job of keeping the various Harveys and Joyces from bumping into each other.
Denver Post
Lisa Kennedy
As touching as it is achingly, hilariously prickly.
CNN.com
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
It's an experience that's deeply human and profoundly moving.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
Funny, poignant and vitally original.
Dallas Morning News
Chris Vognar
The real magic of American Splendor lies in the sprightly transitions, the way it takes you from one level of reality and representation to the next without missing a beat.
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Bob Longino
Thrillingly inventive, charming when it needs to be, prickly when it has to be and, like a potter's wheel, constantly in motion as it shapes celluloid into visual art.
MovieFreak.com
Sara Michelle Fetters
American Splendor is an absolute delight.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's a humane and witty treatment of an average life that, incidentally, speaks to the worth and inherent drama of average lives.
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