Beauty Is Embarrassing 2012

Andy Webster, New York Times: This exuberant documentary's most affecting message concerns a timelessly profound verity: the value of roots, humor, family and old friends. Read more

Ty Burr, Boston Globe: An amiable if not especially urgent celebration of the life and work of Wayne White. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: "Beauty Is Embarrassing" is an undeniably likable film, mainly because White is a likable guy who believes comedy is at least as important as tragedy. Read more

John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: Painter Wayne White emerges as an unsung force of nature in Neil Berkeley's zippy, delightful Beauty is Embarrassing. Read more

Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times: A buoyant, engaging, visually alluring portrait of the Tennessee-born White ... Read more

Linda Holmes, NPR: It remains a story at all times - there's a moment at a book signing that will give you a big smile and goosebumps - and it keeps throwing great things to look at up on the screen. Read more

Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post: Those with a high tolerance for the ultimate four-letter word, and a love for eccentrics, will be entertained by both White and his art. Read more

David Lewis, San Francisco Chronicle: Though the movie isn't wildly original, its time-tested, artistic mantra of "just go out there and do it" is hard to resist. Read more

Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail: His art is a force that can't be contained: No wonder he felt so at home in the warped environs of Pee-wee's Playhouse. Read more

Linda Barnard, Toronto Star: The doc meanders occasionally, but we're grateful when it comes back to White and his creations. Read more

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Chris Packham, Village Voice: A vivid, fluorescent-colored portrait of a sane man possessed with insane creativity. Read more

Ann Hornaday, Washington Post: Neil Berkeley's infectiously affectionate portrait of artist, puppeteer and genially profane provocateur Wayne White. Read more