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Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
Directed by
Joshua Rofé
PG-13
2021
1h 32m
[Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)
6.9
79%
71%
6.6
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Bob Ross brought joy to millions as the world's most famous art instructor. But a battle for his business empire cast a shadow over his happy trees.
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Cast of Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed
Bob Ross
Self (archive footage)
Steve Ross
Self - Bob's Son
Vicky Ross
Self - Bob's First Wife
John Thamm
Self - Artist and Friend
Ian Bourland
Self - Assistant Professor, Georgetown University
Julia Friedman
Self - Art Historian
Dana Jester
Self - Bob's Friend
Doug Blandy
Self - Author
Sally Schenck
Self - Director, The Joy of Painting
Gary Jenkins
Self - Floral Painter
Kathwren Jenkins
Self - Floral Painter
Andrea Baxter
Self - Crew Member, The Joy of Painting
Bert Effing
Self - Former Managing Director, Bob Ross Inc., Europe
Walt Kowalski
Self - Bob's Business Partner (archive footage)
Annette Kowalski
Self - Bob's Business Partner (archive footage)
Lawrence Kapp
Self - Former Employee, Martin F. Weber Company
William Alexander
Self - Host, The Magic of Oil Painting III (archive footage)
Joshua Rofé
Director / Producer
M. Elizabeth Hughes
Executive Producer
Steven J. Berger
Producer
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed Ratings & Reviews
Keith & the Movies
Keith Garlington
"Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed" will both bring a broad smile to your face and make your blood boil.
My Champlain Valley
Julia Swift
Dig deep into Bob Ross' life and come out with a new outlook on all of the Bob Ross Inc products flooding the market.
Latinx Lens
Rosa Parra
An insightful look at the man behind the paintings. Saddened to have learned about his passing watching this film.
Third Coast Review
Steven Prokopy
... the film succeeds at revealing his flawed but inspiring life.
Pop Culture Leftovers
Brooke Daugherty
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed did not make me lose joy in painting. Watch this on Netflix, but make sure you have a pillow to throw when Bob gets betrayed.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Tim Cogshell
The teasing of some kind of controversy is sort of unnecessary for this film... The guy we saw doing those paintings is who Bob Ross was.
Chicago Tribune
Nina Metz
The documentary is strongest when it simply lets Steve - who resembles his father, minus the poof of hair - sift through his memories.
New York Times
Lisa Kennedy
The melancholy result is that the painter with the spectacularly lulling voice, the hallmark 'fro and the liberating kindness remains a mystery; not the brand that's made millions but the guy who touched millions.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed won't ruin anyone's childhood, but it does reflect the difficulty of remembering such personalities in pastel-hued colors, especially when green enters the picture.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
A relatively enlightening documentary that humanizes a figure lazily written off as a novelty, sometimes by using salacious chapters in Ross' legacy not well known.
Midwest Film Journal
Evan Dossey
A shallow, frustrating documentary that says little about its subject but a lot about the people who want to profit off his status as a meme.
The Hollywood Reporter
Daniel Fienberg
It's a simple story with ample room for exploration or discovery. Rofé does only a little of either.
Decider
Anna Menta
The frustrating thing about Happy Accidents is that the most bizarre and confusing parts of the story are crammed into the film's final minutes...
IndieWire
Kristen Lopez
This Bob Ross doc isn't just messy, it one that paints a mixed portrait that's hard to decipher.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Both a loving portrait of the landscape painter who inspired millions to pick up a brush, and a disheartening exposé of the various ways in which his work, and legacy, were exploited by the selfish partners closest to him...
The Playlist
Warren Cantrell
As it stands, the doc feels somewhat straightforward, though not necessarily to a fault.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Abele
Part biopic, part mystery, part exposé, "Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed" is ultimately a cooled celebration, one eager to acknowledge that gurus are complicated, showbiz is treacherous, and some landscapes hide things.
The Establishing Shot
Jeff York
It is a fascinating and often disturbing portrait of how talented people become brands, and business types take no prisoners in building such brands.
Consequence
Clint Worthington
While the conflicts are very real, the litigious nature of the Kowalskis implicitly leaves Rofé with few subjects to interview. As a result, the doc feels incomplete, especially when its two selves wrestle for control of the narrative.
San Francisco Chronicle
Chris Vognar
The film makes the case that the Kowalskis bilked Ross' family out of their share of money from Ross' image and likeness, and steamrolled other artists and instructors as well. And it makes this case well.
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