American Splendor

A film lacking in engaging conflict, but also featuring great performances from Giammatti and Davis. The dialogue is exceptionally written.

This is a gripping movie that takes a not likable character and makes you route for him. Depressing but enjoyable.

Giamatti acts out Pekar's pessimism flawlessly.

I enjoyed learning about this guy.

I'd only read the comic a few times before seeing this movie. I want to read more now.

Throughout the movie, we basically watch a grumbling, discontent personality very well portrayed by Giamatti. It draws a realistic image of how much we can change and how much we cannot in our lives. Harvey Pekar was a comic book hero, but he retired as a file clerk and he has always been a file clerk. He could not write or exist without the sluggish routine and some level of muttering. This shouldn't be hard to identify with, it is easier to relate ourselves to plebeian lives, isn't it?

A great adaptation of the comic book that contrasts the actors, the people the actors are playing and the comic itself all at once. Perhaps the most truthful comic book movie ever.

"Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff." Harvey Pekar

This is pretty odd if you don't know what you're in for and even if you do it's still pretty odd. Highly recommended.

Hope davis ruins it, but it's pretty good, make sure you get to know who Harvey Pekar is in some special features.

A truly uplifting story with a happy ending. But then, I'm a long-time fan of Harvey Pekar.

exceedingly mediocre and unaffecting, up to the point where it becomes unwatchable: "just remove yourself from the experience [cancer] until it's over [by making a comic of it]" could there be a worse betrayal of life committed in the name of art? simply shameful.

Nothing happens in this movie and it's completely fascinating.

Took awhile to get into it, but did enjoy.

with extraordinary storytelling, this movie is a moving and funny. a must-see!

Besides reminding me and my friends of a guy we know, this is a great movie. Wonderful acting of a very weird guy makes for an interesting and at times darkly funny movie.

I best Am Splendor movie I every saw in the my life!

great performances, great story,

This is absolutely brilliant movie. Really original approach to make a biography to big screens. Berman and Pulcini were really worthy Oscar candidates.

Incredibly moving tale of an ordinary man. The layers of the film and Paul Giammatti's incredible performance make this a tresure.

This is the movie that made me love Paul Giamati.

i'm little bit harvey.

This is the best movie based on a comic ever made.

What this film sets out to do, it does, flawlessly. The mixture of documentary and feature is handled with real care. The only trouble is....it's just, well, pretty boring. I found the first 30 minutes really amusing as a straight comedy, but found myself wanting the credits to roll an hour in.