Voxitype
Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.
Portia Hilton
Blistering performances.
Maleeha Vincent
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
Ginger
Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.
djvalis
I found this documentary great... I don't know what you guys are all moaning about. The cartoon portion of Dick with his actual voice from archive tapes is great. These were just fans, let me see some of you do a better job! I give it a 10 out of 10 because what made Phil K Dick was his mind... and these guys focus on the transcending event of Phil's LIFE! I remember a few years after I watched this i considered finding God. And it was this testimony that led me to reading the Gospel and asking God to be real to me. Nothing happened so I just kept asking for the Holy Spirit, which Phil K Dick received the moment that girl walked up to his door with the Jesus necklace. I kept asking and reading the gospel in secret.. alone, no church, just my room. Three weeks later I was overtaken by a love freight train. I felt like I was either stuck in a permanent dream or dead and in heaven, then the visions of Jesus came, of heaven, of hell and Satan, angels in my room... ITS all real folks... IF SOMEONE wants GOD revealed, just ASK that out loud and ask GOD in Jesus name for the HOLY Spirit, the Living Water... and read the new testament as you remain pure for a time not partaking in the world. Thanks Phil K Dick for helping me see the LIGHT! Thanks filmmakers for making this movie! Thank you God for Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit for those who do not JUDGE the word and give it a chance remaining objective! ANYONE has questions on my visions, how to find God, etc... lemme know: djvalis AT gmail dot com
denmn
After watching this "film" i was moved to seek out the fiction ofPhillip K. Dick.So that's a good thing....Dick comes of as an interesting writerworthy of further study.The filmmakers, however, have assembled the material within insuch a fey, self-satisfied and fanboy-esque ineptitude that i foundmyself, after a time, staring out the window and listening, ratherthan watching the amateurishly-assembled and shot interviewfootage or (especially) the amazingly ill-conceived "animated"scene breaks. The people responsible for this have no idea offilm-making or pacing; had they no idea of how the silly, repetitive"animated" scene breaks would grind everything to a halt? Jesus.If you want to learn more about Dick, fine...you can get some ideafrom the material within. But, as film-making, this is an amateurishembarrassment.
auteurus
It's possible for a low budget fan documentary to be good, even interesting. Ed Wood and Jack Nance fans have made low budget documentaries about their respective topics which, although flawed, still held my interest.The Gospel According to Philip K. Dick however, is not such a documentary as it fails on almost every level. There is no archival material of Dick and little biographical info. The director appears more obsessed with Dick's visions and drug use rather than his incredible talent.
The only appearance of Dick himself is muffled audio over a typewriter animation. The annoying animation is repeated ad nauseum, quickly becomes very grating and had me reaching for the fast forward on the remote. Even a still photo of Dick with the voiceover would have been better than this pathetic attempt.The production quality is poor, with shaky camera work, bad sound and music that ranges from jarringly bad techno to lame piano. The interviews are the highlight of the film, but even they are repetitive and many border on pointless (e.g. the librarian giving a tour of the Phillip K Dick collection, which is basically a tour of a bookshelf). Would it have killed the film makers to identify who they are actually interviewing, and what their relationship to Dick was?Even hardcore Phillip K Dick fans would gain little from watching this. Most people would be hard pressed to watch it at all. The most disappointing aspect is that Dick is one of the seminal writers of his generation, and his legacy deserves much better than this weak effort.2/10
magunda
The makers of this "gospel" seem to be a sincere bunch, but perhaps they have stumbled on a mystical formula for poor film-making. The documentary is so claustrophobic and with such low production values as to be monumentally distracting. (spoilers, what a laugh) The scenes of a librarian showing their Philip K. Dick archives have a chilling Ed Wood quality, how irrelevant can a film become? The childlike animation is grinding to the point of utter nausea. I knew very little of Mr Dick, I hope I never hear his name again. Also, come on guys , buy another song.