Filmed over 10 years, Magical Universe is a strange and inspiring portrait of Al Carbee, an 88 year old eccentric artist who spends all his days making Barbie art. The documentary chronicles the decade-long relationship between artist and filmmaker Jeremy Workman, who became Carbee's closest friend and only link to the outside world. At its core, Magical Universe is about wonder, friendship, and the transcendent power of creativity, and it culminates with Al Carbee's greatest... (Full plot summary below)
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Filmed over 10 years, Magical Universe is a strange and inspiring portrait of Al Carbee, an 88 year old eccentric artist who spends all his days making Barbie art. The documentary chronicles the decade-long relationship between artist and filmmaker Jeremy Workman, who became Carbee's closest friend and only link to the outside world. At its core, Magical Universe is about wonder, friendship, and the transcendent power of creativity, and it culminates with Al Carbee's greatest triumph as an artist and man.
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| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenMagical Universe is a tender portrait of the artist as a weirdly gifted, wildly prolific and strange man. |
| Village VoiceAbby GarnettThis story is about tenderness and empathy, including Carbee's for his plastic proxies. |
| Slant MagazineNick McCarthyTo varying degrees of success, it attempts to prominently display Al Carbee's creations, yet keeps undermining his art in favor of investigating his skewed relationship to everyday realities. |
| McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreWorkman’s film feels exploitative, and the filmmaker cannot help but make Carbee look a little creepy and a bit pathetic. The only thing that eases your conscience watching Magical Universe is the difficulty in deciding, “Who was using whom here?” |
| The DissolveMike D'AngeloWhile the film runs only 77 minutes, that’s a good half an hour longer than the material can support, even though Workman shot it over roughly a decade. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohAn odor of condescension and, eventually, exploitation inescapably emanates. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfA whiff of the strange never quite lifts from the real-life story of Al Carbee, a Maine outsider artist who converted his ramshackle home into a cavernous diorama for Barbie dolls. |
| The New York TimesNicolas RapoldWhile Mr. Workman evidently respects Mr. Carbee’s talent, he also frames his movie as a trite narrative about a kind of lovably odd acquaintance who comes out of his shell, without many incisive ideas about shaping or broadening the material. |
| User ReviewJake WAl Carbee was a wonderful weirdo, whose exquisite human-ness was deftly portrayed by film maker Jeremy Workman. |
