Fresh
I know people like these, and I understand their desire to be absorbed in the darkness and fantasy.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Cinemania
Reel obsession
2002 · 1h 19m · NOT RATED
Documentary
Directed by
Angela Christlieb
,
Stephen Kijak
Overview
This documentary about the culture of intense cinephilia in New York City reveals the impassioned world of five obsessed movie buffs. These human encyclopedias of cinema see two to five films a day, and from 600 to 2,000 films per year. This is the story of their lives, their memories, their unbending habits and the films they love.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
86%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There's a certain smugness to the proceedings, like an episode of Cops where the camera lingers a bit too long on a police suspect's trailer-trash housekeeping.
John Monaghan, Detroit Free Press
Fresh
It's too short, and it doesn't delve deep enough. But it's thoroughly enjoyable.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
What Christlieb and Kijak do so well is keeping these folks from not seeming like loons.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Fresh
Are we expected to sympathize with this motley bunch? Admire them? Laugh at them? Or, perhaps, relate to them? Against all odds, we do a little of each.
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News
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