I say the film yesterday via Talk Cinema. Technically superb mixing real persons with actors portraying them. Both leads are excellent and their characterizations realistic. In the film, Giamatti portrays Pekar as a curmudgeon who becomes lovable and reflective. But we never get to see what makes Pekar interesting to his readers. We see the adoration some show to him but the Pekar depicted early on is someone most of us would not want to continue speaking to or about. He is a shlub without redeeming qualities. The Pekar we see is a hero to the self absorbed generations born after 1943.
Review of American Splendor
