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10 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzMost of all, though, it's a welcome, offbeat look at a couple of originals, something that's in woefully short supply.
- 75New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoYou don't have to have ever seen any of their movies to enjoy It Came From Kuchar, directed by one of George's former students, Jennifer M. Kroot. But you'll probably want to catch up with their work afterward.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleThe documentary is interesting as a human story. And anyone who loves the Kuchar brothers' films or underground cinema in general will take extra pleasure in it.
- 75New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottNew Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottThe result is a documentary that is as interesting as it is irresistible.
- 75Boston GlobeTy BurrBoston GlobeTy BurrThe movie makes the case that the best American filmmakers may be the uncelebrated ones who helplessly turn life into art simply as a means to get out of bed every day.
- 70VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibGleefully piles on everything anyone could want in a docu on the fabulous Kuchar brothers, whose deliriously campy zero-budget mellers -- with titles like "Hold Me While I'm Naked" or "Sins of the Fleshapoids" -- enlivened many otherwise somber evenings of '60s underground cinema.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceJennifer M. Kroot's film opens up the careers that followed “Naked.” It's an accessible, professional job, with onscreen testimonials from Waters--whose work owes the most to them, and who has been their most faithful proselytizer--Guy Maddin, and Buck Henry.
- 70The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottA valuable and intelligent introduction and tribute to their anarchic, uncompromising and absolutely peculiar genius.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThis is an affectionate portrait rather than a meaningful critical analysis.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearThese guys belong in the avant-odd pantheon. They also deserve a stronger, more penetrating tribute.