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My Reincarnation has not been reviewed by Broad National Press
Daniel Gold, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...remarkable.... Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu is an engaging, charismatic figure; by the end, [his son] Yeshi is finding his own footing, able to relate to a young, wired-in audience." (Read the full review...) 351 words, 10/28/11 Mindy Farabee, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Languid and contemplative, the film is typical of the intimate, paired-down aspect of filmmaker Jennifer Fox's style, a documentary in which lives accumulate in small moments." (Read the full review...) 209 words, 10/28/11 Kyle Smith, New York Post: WEAK (cg) "Buddhism teaches patience, and you're going to need it if you attempt to sit through the conciliatory bromides of the slow documentary 'My Reincarnation.' " (Read the full review...) 177 words, 10/28/11 Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: VERY GOOD (cg) "Sometimes breadth is enough in a documentary... a graceful and moving report of a father and a son learning to understand one another better." (Read the full review...) 183 words, 01/20/12 Michael Atkinson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Director Jennifer Fox's film suggests a deep wariness with Eastern mysticism, of the needy Westerners who lap it up, and with figures like Rinpoche who exploit that jones. Which makes it, perhaps unintentionally, pointed and daring." (Read the full review...) 217 words, 10/26/11
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post: MODERATE (cg) "...a fascinating, if inexpertly told, yarn.... a watchable, if frustrating, account of one man's resistance to his fate and his ultimate acceptance of it." (Read the full review...) 421 words, 12/23/11 Tom Russo, Boston Globe: GOOD (NOT GREAT) (cg) "A son's ambivalence about his father's wish that he carry on the family business isn't new... what's different about the way this theme plays out in Jennifer Fox's documentary is the people it involves: Tibetan Buddhist spiritual master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and Yeshi, his Western-born, half-Italian son." (Read the full review...) 371 words, 01/13/12 Marc Mohan, Portland Oregonian: VERY GOOD (cg) "...offers a rare look at the everyday life of a spiritual leader... a compelling, universal film." (Read the full review...) 192 words, 12/09/11
Michael Atkinson, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "Director Jennifer Fox's film suggests a deep wariness with Eastern mysticism, of the needy Westerners who lap it up, and with figures like Rinpoche who exploit that jones. Which makes it, perhaps unintentionally, pointed and daring." (Read the full review...) 217 words, 10/26/11 Chuck Bowen, Slant: VERY GOOD (cg) "Filmmaker Jennifer Fox filmed high Tibetan Buddhist master Chögyal Namkhai Norbu and his Western-born son Yeshi over a period of 20 years... the film that resulted is a classic story of the strict, aloof father of a pure heritage and the culturally split son..." (Read the full review...) 568 words, 10/26/11
Daniel Gold, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...remarkable.... Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu is an engaging, charismatic figure; by the end, [his son] Yeshi is finding his own footing, able to relate to a young, wired-in audience." (Read the full review...) 351 words, 10/28/11 Mindy Farabee, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Languid and contemplative, the film is typical of the intimate, paired-down aspect of filmmaker Jennifer Fox's style, a documentary in which lives accumulate in small moments." (Read the full review...) 209 words, 10/28/11
Richard Kuipers, Daily Variety: EXCELLENT "The complex relationship between exiled Tibetan spiritual master Cheogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche and his Italian-born son Yeshi is examined in this fascinating docu... offers absorbing insights into Buddhist philosophies..." (Read the full review...) 618 words, 06/23/11 Mindy Farabee, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Languid and contemplative, the film is typical of the intimate, paired-down aspect of filmmaker Jennifer Fox's style, a documentary in which lives accumulate in small moments." (Read the full review...) 209 words, 10/28/11 Daniel Gold, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...remarkable.... Dzogchen Buddhist master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu is an engaging, charismatic figure; by the end, [his son] Yeshi is finding his own footing, able to relate to a young, wired-in audience." (Read the full review...) 351 words, 10/28/11
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