Sadly, i was disappointed with this movie. After hearing great things about it i rented it. Although Paul Giamatti and Hope Davis are utterly great in the movie, the movie's structure (especially when it flips back from Giamatti to the real Harvey Pekar) is flawed and wholly messy. Tobey the nerd is portrayed as a total retard which i suspect isn't the way the directors wanted him to be portrayed but wind up using him for much-needed laughs. And fail. I did like the fact that these were real people and found it intriguing but not enough to say that i really enjoyed it. It has its moments but what do you know? It was just a movie after all. 6/10
Review of American Splendor
