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Movie Review: Crumb (Zwigoff)

Crumb was a really depressing film to me. It was entertaining, but there were just so many sad things in it that it made me a little sad. Robert's relation to the outside world, how they interpret his comics, his family, the stories about his father, his views on what is wrong with the world... all these jumbled together ideas. I've never really read any of his comics, and this movie doesn't particularly inspire me to, but it does seem like he was able to use them to channel a lot of his emotions into something productive, and it may have helped him get a better handle on the world than his brothers. Which is weird, because he has a very unusual take on the world. But the movie does a good job of presenting his story, and some of the viewpoints surrounding his work, and letting you make up your mind about it, although he is definitely shown to be somewhat sympathetic. The director is his friend, after all. But I enjoyed it, it made me think about things, and I got an interesting view into other people's lives.