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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckAchieves its goal of shining a spotlight on its subject while delivering a fascinating true-life tale.
- 80Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganScreen DailyFionnuala HalliganJacoby delivers an adroit portrait of the artist at work in a technical package which wraps itself smoothly around this intense, surprising story.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyThis intense documentary shows a driven creator walking the walk, so to speak, in the most perverse fashion possible. The story is both repellent and strangely inspiring.
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan Scherstuhl[A] heartbreaking doc.
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleShadowman is at its unsettling, want-to-look-away best when tiptoeing around the question of what makes for success regarding artists like Hambleton: the hoopla that keeps the work in circulation, or the mysterious inner pilot light that keeps a self-destructive talent going?
- 63Slant MagazinePeter GoldbergSlant MagazinePeter GoldbergThis is a gruesome art-world fairy tale unafraid to face the bitter details of its hero's tumultuous life.