December 5, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
Alan Abel,
Jeanne Abel,
Lee Chirillo,
Frank Murgalo,
Paul Hiatt
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Jenny Abel grew up with an eccentric father, to put it mildly. A film producer and occasional journalist for the likes of National Lampoon magazine, Alan Abel spent his life pulling off a seemingly en... read more
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August 26, 2005
Robert Koehler, Variety
More a love letter from daughter Jenny to her father than a worthy portrait of Abel's caustic, media-savvy and mind-bending social comedy. Full Review
August 26, 2005
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
If you don't giggle at some of Alan's gags and the reaction our increasingly polarized culture has to them, you're a prime candidate to fall for him next time. Full Review
August 11, 2005
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
An affectionate portrait of a gadfly dedicated to lampooning American society's foibles, the laziness of the media and the tendency in all of us to swallow what we really want to believe but shouldn't. Full Review
December 10, 2009
Kam Williams, Sly Fox
A host of hoaxes far funnier than the best of Candid Camera! Full Review
October 26, 2007
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
There's no denying that Alan Abel is a character, and any glimpse behind the schemes is better than none. Full Review
August 26, 2005
Steve Schneider, Orlando Weekly
The movie could also do a better job of explaining the inner forces that drive Abel - and especially his wife, one of his regular co-conspirators. Such gaps, though, don't seriously detract from the m... Full Review
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