One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story

Released Aug 15, 2008

1h 21m

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Art plays a great part in the life of an 82-year-old man.

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I enjoyed this movie from a psychological/ sociological view point. It is interesting to see how this artist spoke of love and God, but his art was so violent and misogynist in nature. His art was raw and he was prejudiced against his own image by portraying Black men so negatively. I felt the biography was filmed nicely and truthfully.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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What a crazy dude! So this guy, Albert Wagner, is like all sorts of a player and has like 3 wives and over 20 kids. No joke, not an exaggeration. Then one day when he's 50 he becomes a painter and now he's this really famous folk artist. There's paintings all over his house, which serves as kind of a store/museum. He says he talked to God and that's how he started painting. I'm not sure how much I agree with some of the opinions this guy expresses, but he's incredible either way. I don't usually do documentaries, but this one is worth watching just because this guy is so outrageous. Definitely makes me want to go see his house!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/05/23

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Thomas G. Miller

Director

Delroy Lindo

Narrator

Thomas G. Miller

Writer

Morgan R. Stiff

Writer

Nancy Dickenson

Executive Producer

Thomas G. Miller

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Mark Holcomb

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Lisa Schwarzbaum

Entertainment Weekly

With One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story and a subject this colorful, all a nonfiction filmmaker has to do is get out of the way.

Rated: B-

Aug 19, 2008

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Nathan Lee

New York Times

Directed by Thomas G. Miller, One Bad Cat brings fresh light to the artist Albert Wagner.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 19, 2008

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Martin Tsai

New York Sun

Interviews with the subject would seem to complete a documentary like this one, but “One Bad Cat” might have been better off without them.

Apr 22, 2023

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Kam Williams

NewsBlaze

A compelling bio-pic about one bad mother (shut your mouth!) who could have written a Bible for today's ghetto gangstas on how to be a player.

Rated: 4/4

Aug 11, 2008

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Synopsis

Art plays a great part in the life of an 82-year-old man.

Director: Thomas G. Miller
Producer: Nancy Dickenson
Screenwriter: Thomas G. Miller, Morgan R. Stiff
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 15, 2008, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 29, 2016
Runtime: 1h 21m