Beauty Is Embarrassing

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Beauty Is Embarrassing

Released Sep 7, 2012

1h 28m

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Comedy

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Filmmaker Neil Berkeley documents the life and times of American artist Wayne White.

Violet Lucca

Film Comment Magazine

This is certainly not to suggest that White's work is worthless or unimpressive, but the way it is sold to us is predictable and unclever.

Jun 28, 2013

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Tom Long

Detroit News

"Beauty Is Embarrassing" is an undeniably likable film, mainly because White is a likable guy who believes comedy is at least as important as tragedy.

Rated: B

Jan 18, 2013

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Ann Hornaday

Washington Post

Neil Berkeley's infectiously affectionate portrait of artist, puppeteer and genially profane provocateur Wayne White.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 19, 2012

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Molly Templeton

Eugene Weekly (OR)

An affectionate portrait of one creative man, Beauty [is Embarrassing] may make you wonder how many other artists like [Wayne] White have stories just as deserving of a cinematic telling.

Feb 26, 2019

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Kelly Jane Torrance

Washington Examiner

And so [Wayne] White continues to be his own man, as it's clear from this well-crafted documentary that he always has been.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 20, 2018

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Sarah Boslaugh

PopMatters

Judging from this documentary, his character is as exuberant as his work, and he seems to be one of those lucky people who simply can't stop creating...

Rated: 6/10

Jan 25, 2013

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I relate to this guy

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/29/23

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highly inspirational shit

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

White seems like he'd be an interesting guy to hang around for any arbitrary amount of time (anywhere between 1 second to perhaps over 400 minutes, give or take.)

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/16/23

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Solid documentary. If you're in the mood to watch a documentary this would be one of the better choices that you could make. When comedy and art meet.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/13/23

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Audience Member

Inside the artist's brain. Wonderful.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/23

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Eclectic doesn't even begin to describe the artist. What a funny guy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/25/23

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Synopsis

Filmmaker Neil Berkeley documents the life and times of American artist Wayne White.

Director: Neil Berkeley
Producer: Neil Berkeley, Chris Bradley, Morgan Neville, Milan Erceg
Screenwriter: Neil Berkeley, Chris Bradley, Kevin Klauber
Production Co: Tremolo Productions, Eddie Schmidt Productions, Future You Media
Genre: Documentary, Biography, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 7, 2012, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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