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A portrait of New York artist Keith Haring.
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| Little White LiesMatt BochenskiIf this really is the universe of Keith Haring, it's a strangely sterile one. Which is never a word you could apply to his work. |
| VarietyJay WeissbergWarmly affectionate yet curiously hollow, The Universe of Keith Haring is a straightforward biodoc about the Gotham-based artist and style-setter. |
| The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayUniverse deals extensively with Haring's personal life--his open homosexuality, his regular visits with his family, etc.--but it doesn't penetrate too far below the surface. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe bane of documentaries on creative people is that they're often little more than a fan's note, of interest only to those who already know and love the work in question. The Universe of Keith Haring starts out that way but the force of the late artist's energy and personality is strong enough to win over the skeptics. |
| Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill WhiteAlthough first-time director Christina Clausen presents this era of bad art, bad music and boring celebrities without judging it, we can't help but feel we are witnessing the last party in the mansion of pop art before its imminent collapse. |
| New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierUtilizing copious film footage of her puckish subject and new interviews with Haring's contemporaries, gallerists and mentors, director Christina Clausen makes her fascinating movie as big-hearted, city-centric and energetic as its subject. |
| Village VoiceBrian MillerEqually a portrait of the artist and a portrait of a decade. |
| Slant MagazineAaron CutlerThe Universe of Keith Haring is content to slide on hagiography and shortchange cultural critique. |
| New York TimesNathan LeeA loving if routine primer on this bright young man. |
| Film Journal InternationalDavid NohChristina Clausen's documentary is a briskly paced, affectionate tribute which makes full use of interviews with Haring intimates (although I could have done without that introductory artsy zeroing in on the interviewees' eyeballs). |