The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.... (Full plot summary below)
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The remarkable story of John Healy's rise from wino and street thief to chess master and award-winning author.
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| GuardianPeter BradshawThe film skirts around his emotional life, but it's a gripping study. |
| Little White LiesDavid JenkinsMore than just a biography or personal celebration, a film about heady highs and excruciating lows of the creative life. |
| Financial TimesAntonia QuirkeThis is a sad film about the fate of the writer John Healy, who survived a brutal childhood and spent the whole of the 1960s drunk in the parks of London's Camden Town. |
| CineVueJoseph WalshThe films overall structure and a number of holes in the story tremendously weaken Duane's documentary. |
