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24 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- Being Elmo is a rare documentary that will connect across generations and cultures to delight viewers worldwide for years to come.
- 83The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe moral to Clash's story? It's surprisingly easy being red.
- This Muppet virtuoso is so visibly thrilled to work in Henson's weird and wonderful world, and so good at bringing joy to little kids, you'd have to be a true Grouch not to be moved.
- 70The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film, by Constance Marks, is a little light on details of Mr. Clash's personal life once he broke through, but otherwise this is a winning tale of the persistence and creativity behind one of the most famous and fuzziest faces in the world.
- 60Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichBut take the puppet off his arm and he seems somehow vague and incomplete, like the Wizard of Oz without his curtain.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanFor any adult feeling overwhelmed by bad news and dark times, your antidote is right here.
- 50Village VoiceMelissa AndersonVillage VoiceMelissa AndersonConstance Marks's documentary on Kevin Clash, the kind, gentle man who created the Muppet beloved by every single child in the world, rushes through the intriguing points its interviewees bring up to devote more time to banalities.
- 25Slant MagazineAndrew SchenkerSlant MagazineAndrew SchenkerNot everyone's life is compelling enough to warrant the documentary treatment, but whether this truism applies to master puppeteer and current Sesame Street producer Kevin Clash is a question that Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey, Constance Marks's fawning portrait of the Muppet- master fails to answer.