Dear Mr. Watterson

Imagine that YOU were to make a documentary about Calvin & Hobbes. Who'd you think was the most important person to interview? Exactly. You know who doesn't appear in this documentary at all? You got it.

I learned how to read on Calvin & Hobbes. I love Calvin and Hobbes. This really has very little to do with that. It's a bunch of self gratifying "me, me, me" horseshit. People talking about themselves and how much they like the comic. I don't give shit about you, I give a shit about Calvin & Hobbes. Was gonna turn off after 5 minutes, but skipped ahead to see if the fucking self-congratulatory circle jerk of people all liking the same thing together would end. It didn't. Did not finish.

With zero input from Watterson himself, this decent documentary remains only dreams and tidbits.

I think Calvin and Hobbes is the best comic strip of all time, but even I grew weary of the endless praise heaped upon it in this film.

People talking about Calvin & Hobbes is something that I just have to love, even with a filmmaker as uninteresting as this guy is (and who thankfully disappears behind the camera for most of the entirety). As is usual for a discussion of C&H, it quickly becomes more about a discussion of art, the limits and freedom that the comic strip affords people, and the decline that we've been experiencing ever since this one left us.

Good. It would have been better with some input by the artist.

Up there with one of the worst documentaries in terms of what is promised vs what is delivered. You never see Bill interviewed in the thing (and if you know his personal life, understandably so), but you do see plenty of this guy you don't care about how much the strip means to HIM. The only good part is when the creator of "Pearls Before Swine" makes some thought-provoking comments, but besides that, this is pure trash.

A decent documentary about the creator of my second favorite American comic.

I started to worry it was going to be 90min of "Calvin and Hobbes is the best", and as much as it's true, I didn't think I could take it. But I stuck with it and then it got pretty interesting. If you like comics, not only C&H, it's worth watching. Stephan Pastis, in particular, has some really insighful things to say. It ended up being better than people give it credit for.

Talking heads, celebrity or otherwise ramble infinitely about their love affair with C&H. Reminded me of the rent-a-crowd personalities wheeled in to regurgitate whatever content was necessary to fill the time up on one of those fodder tv shows. The ones posing as a nostalgia trip for the guests who had nothing to do with the production or input of on old tv show but speak of it overly fondly. A show that coincidentally the network is still running repeats of nightly after 10pm.

I consider one of the few perfect things on this Earth to be Calvin & Hobbes. This documentary is essentially people waxing poetic about it in an overly repetitive and mostly uninteresting way. Probably should have just be a 30 minute short of something.

what is he dehydrated or sumptin? tss

This is a interesting documentary that takes a look at the legacy of Calvin and Hobbes. The documentary is well made and it helps that the subject matter is very interesting. It would have been amazing if the director would have been able to actually interview Mr. Watterson. Overall I would recommend this documentary.

The rather slow pace and non-stop talking almost put me to sleep more than once. Other than that it's a very good documentary both on C&H and on comics in general as an art form.

Very sympathetic doc on the impact of Calvin & Hobbes and the disappearing environment in which it grew. Wisely doesn't try to be about tracking down Watterson himself. Makes me want to re-read the entire comic. Could have done a lot more, though, and the input of the film maker himself seems rather flat. Also, the irony: thanks to the very tech that's supposedly killing the comics page, I can (and did) watch this movie on my phone.