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Bukowski: Born into This (2003) Rank 3 Reviews
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ToxicUniverse.com (Lucas Stensland)
Bukowski was introduced to film geeks in the 1980s by Barbet Schroeder's popular though too Hollywood Barfly in which Mickey Rourke inexplicably played Chinanski as swaggering, confident and sexy. The making of that film would ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at ToxicUniverse.com (Lucas Stensland)
New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Without straining, this definitive, deeply engrossing film biography makes a strong case for Charles Bukowski as a major American poet. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Los Angeles Alternative (Jay Antani)
a loving tribute to a writer, his craft and, above all, the idea of living and dying by one’s own creed ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Los Angeles Alternative (Jay Antani)
Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
Accomplishes beautifully what it sets out to do, which is to reveal the man behind the crusty, hard-drinking, tough-talking persona Charles Bukowski so artfully crafted. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Los Angeles Times (Kevin Thomas)
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
[Bukowski] is never seen in less than fighting spirit or formidable form throughout the documentary Bukowski: Born into This . ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Has the right, Bukowskian approach: Just tell it, just show it, no fancy dancing. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Seattle Times (John Hartl)
Over a period of seven years, Dullaghan interviewed hundreds of people who knew or were affected by Bukowski. The result is both wide-ranging and intimate. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Seattle Times (John Hartl)
San Francisco Chronicle (Walter V. Addiego)
'Poet laureate of the gutter,' ranter, sexual boaster, bane of the middle class and lifelong outcast, the writer cultivated a persona that begs for documentary treatment, and he gets a good one in Bukowski: Born Into This . ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Walter V. Addiego)
Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
However, most of the people interviewed fail to truly compliment Bukowski himself. There are the occasional friends who have something to say, but it's hard to find much insight in an interview with Bono from U2 as he waxes poetically on why he loved ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Xiibaro Productions (David Perry)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
The filmmaker knows when to shift the rhythm of his investigation. The authenticity of art is woven with the artifice of life. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
As a thorough examination of what made this boozing, brawling womanizer tick, Born Into This can't be beat. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at New York Post (Megan Lehmann)
Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Would do its curmudgeonly subject proud. The film brings Bukowski back to life for a new generation born into this craziness of which Bukowski tried to make sense. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Speaks for the idolaters without apology. Yet it maintains just enough level-headedness to show the darker, not-so-admirable aspects of the Bukowski legend. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Newsday (Gene Seymour)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
A documentary portrait of the late American author and poet Charles Bukowski, showing him as more introspective and emotionally vulnerable than you'd think from his rough-and-tumble writing. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)
It's to first-time filmmaker John Dullaghan's credit that he offers a portrait of the Southern California poet and novelist that digs beyond Bukowski's hard-drinking, hard-loving persona. ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)
filmcritic.com (Matt McKillop)
Poet and novelist Charles Bukowski was a howling drunk, an unapologetic womanizer, and a smoking, gambling foul-mouthed literary sensation. He haunted barrooms and horse tracks. He brawled and hired prostitutes. He hung out with celebrities and is ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at filmcritic.com (Matt McKillop)
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
"This thorough documentary is essential for the poet's fans." ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
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The Movie Chicks
The documentary delves into the life of Charles Bukowski, an angry poet and self-proclaimed dirty old man. He writes about the seedier side of life (a place we learn he knows all too well from personal experience). There's a great deal of archived ...read the complete Bukowski: Born into This movie review at The Movie Chicks
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