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My Psychedelic Love Story

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Filmmaker Errol Morris examines the love affair between LSD guru Timothy Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith.
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Presenting a rollicking history of counterculture and espionage through Joanna Harcourt-Smith's idiosyncratic point of view, My Psychedelic Love Story is a heady trip worth taking.

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Neal Justin Minneapolis Star Tribune Smith isn't the most reliable narrator, but she weaves a great yarn, one that suggests a jaw-dropping conspiracy, sprinkled with cameos from Francis Ford Coppola, Keith Richards and Andy Warhol. It's a trip. Dec 31, 2020 Full Review Angie Han FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) She's very charismatic and it's fun to hang out with her for awhile, even if I'm not sure what the stories add up to. Dec 12, 2020 Full Review Claudia Puig FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles) A pretty entertaining history of counterculture and espionage... It is intriguing and humorous, [although] sometimes a little too rambling. Dec 12, 2020 Full Review M.G. Mailloux In Review Online [My Psychedelic Love Story] is, in fact, a necessary correction of the hero worship that so often seeps into contemporary depictions of America's hippie movement. Jun 5, 2021 Full Review Rob Aldam Backseat Mafia A rip-roaring yarn about true love, high jinx and a hedonistic time when anything was possible. Apr 23, 2021 Full Review Andrew Bundy The Playlist The ideological questions asked are, of course, all-too relevant, but posteriorly lacking the moral shock of something like last year's Cold Case Hammarskjöld. Rated: B- Dec 31, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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brent m To paraphrase the Grateful Dead, "What a long strange trip it was" (emphasis on the word "long"). Director Errol Morris's protracted Showtime TV documentary about Joanna Harcourt-Smith, LSD guru Timothy Leary's so-called "perfect woman," tells the story of their time together at the height of the psychedelic era, including their globe-trotting days on the run from authorities to evade capture for drug law violations. While some of Harcourt-Smith's stories are indeed entertaining and colorful, many of them ramble on endlessly, leaving viewers wondering if they have a point -- or a conclusion. Meanwhile, others are so outlandish that they stretch credibility and come across more like tall tales, a possibility that's not entirely improbable given Harcourt-Smith's own admission to having been a chronic liar in her youth. Ultimately, though, much of this film just isn't particularly interesting, a collection of essentially insignificant anecdotes that don't shed any revelatory light on the principals, the era in which they lived or their legacies. It seems like this material could have provided rich fodder for an engaging picture, but it instead presents little more than a name-dropping counterculture tell-all, the kind of story swapping to come out of a conclave of aging hippies. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member A wild and fascinating ride into the jet set super hip lives of the high and famous. Anyone who was there on any level, or wishes they were, shouldn’t miss it. Of course it wouldn’t hurt to be beautiful and wealthy to get into the lifestyle. But why not just sit back and enjoy the ride vicariously by watching this film. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 12/23/20 Full Review Audience Member If you are looking beyond contemporary motivations for armed rebellion, stick some angry mob in front of this woman. If they finish watching the ENTIRE film, the revolution's over. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 01/19/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Filmmaker Errol Morris examines the love affair between LSD guru Timothy Leary and Joanna Harcourt-Smith.
Director
Errol Morris
Producer
Robert Fernandez, Steven Hathaway
Production Co
Fourth Floor Productions, Moxie Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 29, 2020
Runtime
1h 41m
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