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Dear Mr. Watterson

2013

Joel Allen Schroeder

Documentary, Self: Berkeley Breathed, Seth Green, Keith Knight ...

5.6

142

Documentary A documentary film about the impact of the newspaper comic strip Calvin & Hobbes, created by Bill Watterson. This film is not a quest to find Watterson. It is an exploration to discover why his 'simple' comic strip made such an impact on so many readers in the 80s and 90s, and why it still means so much to us today.

	Media	Author	Review
		Nicolas Rapold The New York Times	"Viewers looking to learn more about Mr. Watterson and his creation than what’s contained in his Wikipedia entry may come away as hopped-up with impatience as Calvin when confronted by parental indifference."
		Frank Scheck The Hollywood Reporter	"For all its fandom and self-indulgence, 'Dear Mr. Watterson' does offer some insightful musings about the decline of comic strips in general, with their content ever shrinking due to the diminished state of the newspaper industry."
		Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News	"Your money would be better used (...) if you spent it on any 'Calvin and Hobbes' collection instead. (...) Rating: ★★ (out of four)"

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