American Splendor

American Splendor

2003 · 101 min · EN · R · 7.2 (412 votes)
Dir. Shari Springer Berman, Robert Pulcini · Starring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, Judah Friedlander, James Urbaniak, Earl Billings, James McCaffrey · Music Mark Suozzo

Ordinary life is pretty complex stuff

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An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar.

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A deeply personal, yet universally relatable, dive into the mundane and the profound. It feels like eavesdropping on a fascinating, neurotic friend's life, punctuated by moments of unexpected beauty and dark humor.

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