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One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story

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

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly 08/19/2008
B-
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. Go to Full Review
Nathan Lee New York Times 08/19/2008
4/5
Directed by Thomas G. Miller, One Bad Cat brings fresh light to the artist Albert Wagner. Go to Full Review
Jim Ridley Village Voice 08/13/2008
Miller neither defends or apologizes: His remarkably candid footage (extending all the way to Wagner's deathbed and beyond) and interviews leave the man's sincerity (and his collectors') as open to scrutiny as his art. Go to Full Review
Martin Tsai New York Sun 04/22/2023
Interviews with the subject would seem to complete a documentary like this one, but “One Bad Cat” might have been better off without them. Go to Full Review
Kam Williams NewsBlaze 08/11/2008
4/4
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. Go to Full Review
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08/17/2010 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. See more 07/03/2010 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! See more Read all reviews
One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story

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Movie Info

Synopsis Art plays a great part in the life of an 82-year-old man.
Director
Thomas G. Miller
Producer
Thomas G. Miller
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