Tarnation (2004)
92 %
Reviews Counted: 99 Fresh: 91 Rotten:8 Average Rating: 7.7/10
Consensus:
Using music and home video footage to great effect, Jonathan Caouette has made a very personal and moving film.
Runtime: 88 mins
Theatrical Release: Oct 6, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $417,541
Synopsis: Jonathan Caouette's spellbinding debut TARNATION reimagines the whole idea of what a documentary can be. Caouette has been documenting his life since he was eleven years old. With TARNATION, he weaves a psychedelic whirlwind of snapshots, Super-8 home movies, answering machine... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Starring: Jonathan Caouette
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Jonathan had plenty to be woeful about, but the movie is best when it slips quietly into the pockets between his family's dramatic episodes.
06/02/08
'Tarnation': A Filmic Diary of a Chaotic Life, Consisting of Mosaic-Like Bits and Pieces of Memorabilia
01/30/07
Como toda confesión, en la que alguien desnuda su intimidad sin pudor para quien quiera escuchar, Tarnation es capaz de generar desde la fascinación curiosa hasta la incomodidad y el rechazo.
11/13/06
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07/15/05
The film is in the May program of the Charlotte Film Society, and even the CFS has offered few pictures this compellingly strange.
05/13/05
Full of real humanity and occasional insight, this is not the most feelgood movie you'll see this year, but in its total honesty it does manage to be important and moving.
05/01/05
There's no doubting the deep love Caouette feels for his troubled mother, nor his achievement in forging such a rawly emotional film from his own traumatic experiences.
04/19/05
Nearly impossible to watch, thoroughly unpleasant yet strangely arresting.
04/15/05
Undeniably compelling, it's proof of the therapeutic potential of filmmaking, but also of our limitless propensity for morbid curiosity.
04/14/05
As a first-time experimental filmmaker, Caouette displays remarkable directing and editing skills.
04/13/05
A soul-baring scrapbook of a film, its audacity surpassed only by its tragedy.
03/24/05
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You shouldn’t go see “Tarnation” because it was made so cheaply. You should see it because it was made so well.
02/17/05
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TARNATION - a montage disguised as a documentary that somehow WORKS!
by: REEL_REVIEWER 10/10/05
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