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Metascore
17 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChroniclePeter StackSan Francisco ChroniclePeter StackOne of the great portraits of artists fighting, even with murderous rage, to reach the sublime.
- 100Boston GlobeBoston GlobeReflective, haunting, hilarious documentary.
- 89Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovAustin ChronicleMarc SavlovLike a car crash in slo-mo, it's a riveting, beautiful mess.
- 88Baltimore SunAnn HornadayBaltimore SunAnn HornadayAbsorbing, artfully executed.
- 80TimeRichard CorlissTimeRichard CorlissThis documentary, a gallivanting time trip through a bolder film era, is Herzog's final collaboration with Kinski: an act of love and exorcism.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertAbout two men who both wanted to be dominant, who both had all the answers, who were inseparably bound together in love and hate, and who created extraordinary work--while all the time each resented the other's contribution.
- Serves as an eloquent coda to their unforgettable creative partnership.
- 60Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanA first-person doc assembled largely from footage taken in the course of the five features they made, being madmen together.
- 60TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghHugely entertaining.
- 60Film.comJohn HartlFilm.comJohn HartlThe evidence Herzog serves up is impossible to dismiss.