after read the couple of negative review of crumb on imdb i re view the movie one more time just to make sure that the many time when i have see this movie before and on the silver screen and on video and i have not be in a state of delusion . with the movie fresh in my mind i want to put out this message to all the people who have make depreciate statement such a what be crumb moan about and he famous now and the sixty weren not really like that and it be just two hour of whine and ramble and unjustified complaining etc . etc . represent go back to your kevin costner and tom hank and tom cruise big budget oscar winner and and stop smear dirt on one of the best documentary ever make . so frigging what if it shoot with a hand hold camera and without studio lighting . crumb be the real thing and it do not need any trickery or gloss . basically it show robert crumb and the artist famous for keep on truckin and fritz the cat ( though he do not like to be associate with either of them ) and mr. natural and tell the story of his life through his wife and brother and with a few scene of him at a vernissage and a comic book store ( etc . ) thrown in for good measure . call it a modern day version of the van gogh story and or a look at the darker ( or even just the non warner brother ) side of the flower power generation and the human condition and the power of art and the battle of the sex and a case history of mental illness and psychotic family and whatever . the story and and with it the film and be amazing and totally captivate . i have watch it many time and intend to watch it many time over . give it a miss only if you expect some good and clean and family entertainment and but do so at your loss .