
After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.... (Full plot summary below)
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After doctors inform him that an eye affliction will require risky surgery, monologist Spalding Gray recounts his various pursuits for alternative medicine to avoid the doctor's scalpel.
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| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyVisually inventive version of Gray's monologue, though the material is not as interesting as that of Swimming to Cambodia. |
| Deseret News (Salt Lake City)Jeff ViceThe film manages to come off like a dinnertime conversation with a friend -- albeit a one-sided and long but very good and very funny one. |
| MovielineStephen FarberGray's Anatomy is a triumphant reminder of the power of words to summon our deepest fears. |
| Film Freak CentralWalter ChawIt is haunting, though. How could it not be, when the last lines of the monolog are "Ecstasy, despair, ecstasy, despair" and some mention of a big fish? |
| Nitrate OnlineDan LybargerThe late Spalding Gray's monologue is typically fascinating, and Soderbergh's creative staging is a treat. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesIf you cannot see Spalding Gray live, then do see his monologue films. Gray's Anatomy can be infuriating, but Spalding makes it worthwhile. |
| Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNot only is it interesting to follow the course of Gray's storyline, the movie is also equally interesting to view, even if the storyteller is just sitting in front of a desk most of the time. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongSoderbergh does (Gray) no favors with a series of overwrought stylistic choices. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullIn spite of Soderbergh and the painful lack of an audience/laugh track, Gray's story is immediately compelling, proving that once again, a talking head can truly entertain an audience. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsScott RenshawSoderbergh is a gifted director (SEX, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE; KING OF THE HILL); Gray is a gifted monologist (SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA). They're just not a very good match for the creation of a film. |