The Weird World of Blowfly

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The Weird World of Blowfly

2011

1h 33m

Documentary

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Miami musician Clarence Reid sings raunchy tunes on his world tours.

Randall Roberts

Los Angeles Times

What ends up on screen is less a story than a string of depressing, offensive or depressingly offensive scenes.

Rated: 2/5

Sep 23, 2011

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Paul Brunick

New York Times

Somehow Mr. Reid has an ability to push so far into the depths of stupidity that he breaks out the other side, making you laugh in spite of yourself.

Rated: 3/5

Sep 15, 2011

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Nathan Rabin

AV Club

Furmanski's melancholy, involving documentary ultimately registers as a haunting character study about the sad man behind the filthy music.

Rated: B

Sep 15, 2011

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Kathy Fennessy

Seattle Film Blog

If you're looking for 89 minutes of fun, The Weird World of Blowfly won't be the documentary to fill that need. Though high-profile admirers, like Ice-T and Jello Biafra, testify to his influence and importance, Furmanski tells a pretty sad story,

Rated: 3/4

Jun 4, 2025

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Brent McKnight

The Last Thing I See

Do you want to watch a 66 year old man dressed like a superhero lay down some of the filthiest rhymes you've heard this side of a 2 Live Crew record?

Rated: B+

Jul 12, 2020

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Brent Simon

Shockya.com

A nonfiction curio that gets by for hardcore music fans on the personality of its subject and little more; lapses in filmmaking judgment render this World more tragically unexplored than wonderfully weird for general viewers.

Rated: C

Sep 25, 2011

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Audience Member

Yeah, I saw him play at petit campus with 7 other people!

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/11/23

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Audience Member

The Blowfly doc turned out way better than the filmmakers probably hoped. Certainly worth watching.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

Wacky, wonderful and perverse this guy is. But he deserves much more credit in the music industry than what he gets.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A great documentary about arguably the 1st rap artist as he started in 1960's and he's still kicking and making music.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/23/23

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Synopsis

Miami musician Clarence Reid sings raunchy tunes on his world tours.

Director: Jonathan Furmanski
Producer: Jonathan Furmanski
Screenwriter: Jonathan Furmanski
Distributor: Variance Films
Production Co: Special Theory Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2011, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $1.0K
Runtime: 1h 33m

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