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- 70The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttDocumentaries have been coming down on humanity so hard in recent years -- from "An Inconvenient Truth" to the latest Oscar winner, "Inside Job" -- that it's refreshing to bask in a bit of optimism coming from a nonfictional film.
- 50Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanIf you believe that, as one interviewee says, "Science is just another story," then these ideas may ring true. If you're looking for actual solutions to global problems, rather than ways to feel better about them, I Am will be a frustrating experience.
- 50Boxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonBoxoffice MagazineAmy NicholsonShadyac spins cooperation in a different direction. I Am takes the sharing instinct as proof that all living beings are interconnected.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumAn earnest, lumpy macramé of a personal nonfiction project.
- What lifts the film above its dubious boilerplate assemblage of talking heads and archival images is Shadyac himself. With his gentle, self-mocking humor, he comes across as an exceptionally mellow, earnest and likable guy.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceEmbellished with a lot of CG, supporting clips, and lovely stock footage, I Am's basic tenets are hardly ridiculous: What's so funny about empathy, compassion, and love? Shadyac, looking like the lost triplet of Kenny G. and Al Yankovic, cheerfully indicts his own overconsumption first.
- 42The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinShadyac didn't need to channel his angst into narrative fiction: He just needed to look in the mirror to find a symbol of Hollywood's arrogance and misplaced priorities.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanPay close attention to the title of Tom Shadyac's documentary. He will try to convince you his film is about humanity uniting to solve its problems. But somehow, his own ego keeps getting in the way.
- 25San Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoSan Francisco ChronicleWalter AddiegoFor some, this sort of thinking is a much-needed revolution in human consciousness. For others, it's little more than New Age platitudes and questionable science.