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- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe subject and the film clips are great, although the documentary as a whole is a bit gimmicky.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceUlmer emerges as the bigger-than-life symbol he probably desired to project: the brooding Old World artist, eternally frustrated with American market pressures, preferring to rule in Hell than serve in Hollywood.
- 60The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisIn the main, Mr. Palm sticks to the usual biopic formula: a chronological account of a heroic individual told through talking heads, still photographs and film clips. Mr. Palm's principal deviation from this formula is that some of the interviews take place in moving cars.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterIt's unfortunate that a film designed to renew interest in Ulmer is this flat.
- 50A definitive docu on the elusive Edgar G. Ulmer is a practical impossibility, which is why Michael Palm chooses to highlight questions rather than facts. But Edgar G. Ulmer -- the Man Off-Screen neither fully illuminates the tales nor finely sifts through the evidence to discover the truths behind the myth-making.