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PAUL GOODMAN CHANGED MY LIFEMovie Reviews
Documentary about poet, essayist, playwright and psychotherapist Paul Goodman with footage of those who extol his virtues as well as his adamant detractors. Cast:Geoffrey Gardner, Taylor Stoehr, Susan Goodman, Sally Goodman, Judith Malina, Vera Williams, Grace Paley, Neil Heims, Ned Rorem, Jerl Surratt, Michael WalzerDirector:Jonathan LeeRelease Date:October 19, 2011DVD Release:April 17, 2012From:ZeitgeistLength:1 hr. 29 min.
APRIL 17, 2012
Paul Goodman Changed My Life, Very Good Reviews (Doc) Limited
Paul Goodman Changed My Life played in limited release to very good reviews. • Mark Holcomb wrote in the Village Voice and LA Weekly, "...brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general pain-in-the-ass gadfly Paul Goodman is as much endangered-species doc as biography." • And Norman Wilner wrote in Toronto Now, "...a man who was quite literally too complicated for his times." More Reviews Below...
Paul Goodman Changed My Life Positive Reviews (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "When I was accepted as a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, I proposed a thesis on three 'generalists': Edmund Wilson, Dwight Macdonald and Goodman."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 711 words, 01/06/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (8 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...poet, teacher, social critic, guru... the film has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 667 words, 10/19/11
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "...no matter what people say about the abrasive intellectual, who was 60 when he died of a heart attack in 1972, there's no denying that he had a vast influence..."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 203 words, 10/19/11
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "When I was accepted as a PhD candidate at the University of Chicago, I proposed a thesis on three 'generalists': Edmund Wilson, Dwight Macdonald and Goodman."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 711 words, 01/06/12
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general pain-in-the-ass gadfly Paul Goodman is as much endangered-species doc as biography."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 10/19/11
Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...quietly effective... Lee does his best to explore the hidden side of the public figure in interviews with subjects including Grace Paley, William F. Buckley and Susan Sontag."(See all of Linda Barnard's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 419 words, 12/09/11
Guy Dixon, Toronto Globe & Mail: VERY GOOD(cg) "You were either part of the establishment or part of the youth movement. Goodman was neither.... He was his own person."(See all of Guy Dixon's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 619 words, 12/09/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Goodman made his name as a radical gadfly in the early 60s... a portrait of a man who was quite literally too complicated for his times."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 12/08/11
KEY CITIES (2 Reviews)
Claude Peck, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "...effectively uses Goodman's poems to illustrate his life.... it's sad and a bit shocking when one old friend says, 'He had little ability to be comfortable as the man he was.' "(See all of Claude Peck's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 430 words, 12/30/11
Ty Burr, Boston Globe: MODERATE(cg) "As documentaries go, it's an able introduction that doesn't make its subject nearly as relevant to our current discontents as it could."(See all of Ty Burr's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 599 words, 01/04/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Mark Holcomb, Village Voice/LA Weekly: VERY GOOD "...brisk take on the life of poet, sociologist, educator, psychologist, and general pain-in-the-ass gadfly Paul Goodman is as much endangered-species doc as biography."(See all of Mark Holcomb's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 235 words, 10/19/11
Sam Adams, AV Club: EXCELLENT(cg) "...revelatory.... Perhaps it's a tribute to the breadth of Goodman's life that even after 90 minutes, it feels as if we've just scratched the surface."(See all of Sam Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 411 words, 10/20/11
Bill Weber, Slant: VERY GOOD(cg) "Goodman's tireless display of attitude throughout his 60 years of diverse pursuits comes across crisply... of necessity, it can only summarize his literary oeuvre."(See all of Bill Weber's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 700 words, 10/17/11
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: EXCELLENT(cg) "Goodman made his name as a radical gadfly in the early 60s... a portrait of a man who was quite literally too complicated for his times."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 224 words, 12/08/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (1 Review)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...poet, teacher, social critic, guru... the film has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 667 words, 10/19/11
MOVIE INDUSTRY (2 Reviews)
Ronnie Scheib, Daily Variety: VERY GOOD "Jonathan Lee interviews a slew of artists and literati for whom Goodman stood as a seminal figure, while showcasing his famously intransigent personality..."(See all of Ronnie Scheib's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 540 words, 08/15/11
A.O. Scott, New York Times: EXCELLENT "...poet, teacher, social critic, guru... the film has a passionate, almost prophetic sense of the impact that a writer and thinker can have on his times and the future."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 667 words, 10/19/11
9.4 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Paul Goodman Changed My Life's reviews are separated by an average 9.4 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Paul Goodman Changed My Life (13 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Paul Goodman Changed My Life's reviews cover 13.6% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 5,993 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 461 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Paul Goodman Changed My Life Coverage, Volume & Length (13 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 30 Days After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Paul Goodman Changed My Life's reviews on average broke 30 days after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Paul Goodman Changed My Life's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
Paul Goodman Changed My Life (13 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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