Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time

Kurt Vonnegut (left) and Robert Weide (right) standing in front of a brick wall, smiling at the camera.

Where: Theatres; Toronto, (Hot Docs); Vancouver (Rio)
What: Movie, 127 mins.
When: Now
Genre: Documentary
Why you should watch: A loving portrait of the adored writer that doesn’t hide from his imperfect personal life, which saw him step away from his wife and kids as he became a star. It’s also a story of the filmmaker’s lifelong obsession with his hero. Emmy-nominated director of Curb Your Enthusiasm, Robert Weide met and become friends with Vonnegut when he was 22 and pledged to make a doc about the writer.

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