Paper & Glue

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Paper & Glue

2021

1h 35m

Documentary

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11 Reviews

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Using unexpected canvasses, artist JR intends to give a global voice to everyday people through a genre-blending combination of public art, photography and large format spectacle.

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Katie Walsh

Los Angeles Times

Nov 19, 2021

The power of his art is in the way he sees people, creating canvases for them to be seen, to exist, for a moment, larger than life; portrait as landscape big enough to be seen by all, something especially meaningful for those so often overlooked.

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Odie Henderson

RogerEbert.com

Nov 12, 2021

3/4

I love movies about process, and this film is chock full of scenes showing how things get done.

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Robert Abele

TheWrap

Nov 11, 2021

The work may disappear - the documentary ends with an intentionally short-lived exhibition tied to an abandoned high-rise set for demolition - but the people, JR wants us to know, will always be there.

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Jayne Nelson

Radio Times

Aug 11, 2026

4/5

JR has pasted giant faces on everything from the favelas of Rio de Janeiro to the bridges in the centre of Paris. Paper & Glue, directed by its subject, follows him through the years as he tries to unite disenfranchised communities through art.

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Loren King

Newport This Week (RI)

Jan 28, 2022

The shot of the completed "moon room" rising into the sky above the grim favela is breathtaking. Even in a place of such despair, art can bring us close to the stars.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Dec 26, 2021

B-

A feel-good documentary directed with heart but too glibly for me to say I was completely won over.

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Dec 12, 2021

An amazing film of art and humanity. A must see.

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Dec 11, 2021

a fascinating exploration of JR's ability to bring art to places you'd never expect it and show the underlying humanity we all share - even those most marginalized and dismissed by society. A salve for our fractured times, brilliantly told and visually bracing. Don't miss it.

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Using unexpected canvasses, artist JR intends to give a global voice to everyday people through a genre-blending combination of public art, photography and large format spectacle.

Director: JR
Producer: Marc Azoulay, Sara Bernstein, Dallas Brennan, Justin Wilkes
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Time Studio, Artemis Rising Foundation, Impact Partners, Chicago Media Project, Shark Island Productions, Imagine Documentaries
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 12, 2021, Limited
Runtime: 1h 35m

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