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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLos Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinThe film brings us vividly inside the life - and head - of its determined hero, Bud Clayman, as he depicts the process of what he calls "getting normal."
- 80VarietyDennis HarveyVarietyDennis HarveyOC87 serves both its subject and its viewers well by chronicling a process that is actually insightful, entertaining and apparently successful.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickThrough it all, Clayman struggles to keep himself, and OC87, on track - and it's easy to cheer his ultimate triumph.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceTo be sure, there are more artful and focused documentaries, but OC87 still stands as moving evidence that Clayman's trust in the value of the filmmaking process ultimately outweighed the extreme difficulty he says he has making even the smallest decisions.
- This moving, penetrating documentary records his attempt to describe his conditions, confront them and learn to manage them.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeAn eye-opener about what it's like to live with a variety of mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder -- and, however tenuously, to recover from them.
- 63Slant MagazineSlant MagazineA tender, painful, and frustrating work of vulnerability, and because of this in some ways deflects critical commentary.
- 60Time OutTime OutThe film's depiction of [Clayman's] reality is rendered with cinematic brio and forceful clarity.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierClayman, who co-directed with filmmaker friends, is fascinating company.