Dear Mr. Watterson
2013 · Movie · NR · 89 min · ★ 6.4 · 58% critics
This documentary looks at why a beloved comic strip still inspires such intense loyalty decades after it ended. Through interviews, fan perspectives, and visits tied to its history, it focuses more on the strip’s cultural impact and creative values than on direct access to its private creator.
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Details
- Years
- 2013
- Release date
- 2013-11-15
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 58/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (42 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you love reflective, fan-driven documentaries about lasting pop-culture legacies, like Life After Flash or Maria By Callas; Not for you if you want major revelations, a tight story, or lots of fresh information.
Pros: heartfelt tribute; strong fan appeal; interesting archival material | Cons: repetitive interviews; little new insight; slow pacing
Themes
- biography
- comic-strip artist
- art
- comic strip
Cast & crew
Seth Green
as Himself
Berkeley Breathed
as Himself
Stephan Pastis
as Himself
Bill Amend
as Himself
- JM
Jef Mallett
as Himself
- DK
Dave Kellett
as Himself
- JE
Jan Eliot
as Herself
- LS
Lee Salem
as Himself
- NM
Nevin Martell
as Himself
Jean Schulz
as Herself
Directed by Joel Allen Schroeder