49
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceAbby GarnettVillage VoiceAbby GarnettShapiro seems far more invested than his subject in telling the story, which sometimes makes the film feel a bit underhanded.
- 60Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenLos Angeles TimesSheri LindenIn engaging but not always satisfying fashion, Jody Shapiro's film reveals the man behind the logo to be a taciturn, plain-living refugee from city life and an unlikely globe-trotting corporate spokesman.
- 60VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin Chang[A] thin but engaging portrait.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesBill StametsChicago Sun-TimesBill StametsShapiro fails to sell Shavitz as the “wise and wry, ornery and opinionated” figure the press notes promise. No opinion, wise or otherwise, is uttered by this rustic quasi-eccentric, let alone a green ethos.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe film offers some diverting background on the man.
- 40The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film, by Jody Shapiro, seems so hagiographic that when it finally gets around to its 20 minutes’ worth of interesting stuff, you’re not sure whether to trust it.