Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? is a 2013 French animated documentary film by Michel Gondry about the linguist, philosopher, and political activist Noam Chomsky.
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| Directed by | Michel Gondry |
| Written by | Michel Gondry |
| Produced by | Raffi Adlan Georges Bermann Julie Fong Michel Gondry |
| Starring | Noam Chomsky |
| Edited by | Sophie Reine Adam M. Weber |
| Distributed by | IFC Films |
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Running time | 88 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | English French |
| Box office | $137,042[1] |
Cast
edit- Noam Chomsky as himself
- Michel Gondry as himself
Release
editOriginally titled Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?: An Animated Conversation with Noam Chomsky, it was first screened on 12 February 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The film had its European premiere in the Panorama section of the 64th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Reception
editReviews
editRotten Tomatoes reports that 92% of critics gave the film a positive review, based upon a sample of 38, with an average score of 7.2 out of 10. According to the site's critical consensus, "An unlikely pairing of form and style, Michel Gondry's Is the Tall Man Happy? [sic] successfully gives Noam Chomsky's philosophical musings an expressive canvas with a delightfully anarchic animation style."[3] Metacritic, which assigns a rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, gave the film an average score of 76 based on 16 reviews.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Panorama 2014: First Films". PRESS RELEASES 64TH BERLINALE. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy? Movie Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
- ^ "Is the Man Who Is Tall Happy?". Metacritic. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
