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Unknown White Male

2005 · 1h 28m · PG-13 Documentary
Directed by Rupert Murray

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The true story of Doug Bruce who woke up on Coney Island with total amnesia. This documentary follows him as he rediscovers himself and the world around him.

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Rotten

It doesn't help Bruce's cause that he is seen in archive footage to have been a smug, arrogant fellow; it's tempting to imagine that his memory has abandoned him in exasperation. A case of amnesia as overdue self-discovery, perhaps?

Dave Calhoun, Time Out
Fresh

Given that this retrograde memory loss has cleansed Doug Bruce's perceptions and made him an altogether more open and emotional person, Unknown White Male suggests that amnesia could be the ultimate chicken soup for the soul.

David Edelstein, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten

In the end, it fails to offer any insight into the philosophical question it poses.

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic
Rotten

The whole movie feels sorta like a snow job.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Fresh

Unknown White Male has moments you won't forget, appropriate praise for a documentary about amnesia.

Philip Wuntch, Dallas Morning News

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