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4 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesAndy WebsterThe New York TimesAndy WebsterIn its allegiance to detail, the film is too long and perhaps overstates its case in claiming that later generations have lost an understanding of common courage, as depicted by these two artists. Their work endures, and so does what they stood for.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIf Mulholland made The True Gen half as aesthetically pleasing as it is informative, the film would be remarkable.
- 50Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleThe overall effect here is of parallel biographies juiced to feel important whenever they intersect, and an undercooked paean to lost masculinity.
- 40VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibOnce Mulholland has established that both men hark back to a bygone, Teddy Roosevelt-fostered image of laconic masculinity, his peculiar vantage point generates little insight into the psychology and accomplishments of either man, as “The True Gen” abandons biographical logic in favor of a catalogue of arbitrary differences and similarities.