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Moby Doc

2021

Robert Bralver

Documentary, Self: Moby, David Lynch, Shepard Fairey ...

5.3

82

Documentary A surrealist biographical documentary about trailblazing electronic musician and animal rights activist Moby.

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"There’s lots of Moby’s music here, but no insight into the creation of it. There’s lots of talk about several descents into rock bottom, but no insight into what pulled him out."	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The modest pleasure of 'Moby Doc' is that it’s actually a conventional archival biography of Moby tucked inside a playful Dadaesque ramble"	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"'Why in the world would I want to make a documentary about myself?' the musician asks (...) It’s genuinely upsetting to feel your answer to that question growing more cynical as the film goes on"	NEG
United States	Noel Murray Los Angeles Times	"For all its questionable creative choices, 'Moby Doc' is at least more personal and daring than the typical music documentary"	POS
United States	Diego Semerene Slant	"The film’s tendency to over-explain, over-intellectualize, and over-script events leaves little room for spontaneity and doubt (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Glenn Kenny The New York Times	"'Like all people with timid personalities, his arrogance is unlimited,' Orson Welles once said of Woody Allen. Ditto with this guy."	NEG
United States	Christy Lemire rogerebert.com	"Rob Gordon Bralver establishes a delicate balance between the playful and the tragic that’s constantly alive and surprising (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Jochan Embley London Evening Standard	"This is a film as confusing as the man who made it (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG

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