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Name: For No Good Reason
Released: 2013-12-6
Cast: Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam, Patrick Godfrey, Richard E. Grant, Ralph Steadman

For No Good Reason

R
1h 30m
2013

63%

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Experience 15 years in the life of seminal British artist Ralph Steadman, whose surreal, often confrontational artwork is frequently associated with Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas). Through Johnny Depp’s lead in this intimate portrait, we are able to reach the heart of what make this artist tick, his friendships and fallings out, his love for art and his passion for civil liberties. This inventive, energetic, occasionally harrowing, but inspiring and uplifting film includes contributions from Terry Gilliam, Richard E. Grant, Tim Robbins and others who offer insight into the man behind the legend.

Director:

Charlie Paul

Producer:

Lucy Paul

Cast:

Johnny Depp, Terry Gilliam, Patrick Godfrey, Richard E. Grant, Ralph Steadman, Hunter S. Thompson, Jann Wenner

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

63%

Critics Consensus: For No Good Reason is a solid but surface-level look at gonzo artist Ralph Steadman's artistry and eccentricities.

Reviews

Michael J. Cinema

Michael J. Casey

Doesn't just inform, it entertains as well. It dazzles the eyes with both the beauty and violence of Steadman's paintings but of Paul's imagination.

November 12, 2021

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Battleship Pretension

David Bax

Steadman and this film glibly admit that everything is getting worse and dying. But that's no excuse for us not to rage with all we have to make things better.

Steadman's work is as sharp and witty as ever: a fact which shines throughout this heartfelt doc.

August 23, 2018

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Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)

Asia Frey

Ralph Steadman deserves a better documentary than "For No Good Reason," a serviceable but shallow look into his life and artistic process.

The process of creating a painting isn't as automatically intertesting as, say, that of making a film, but...the technical and artistic inspirations that fuel an artist can sometimes be as fascinating as the finished work.

June 25, 2017

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