QUOTES
“Unbelievably special…a real and gripping story told with insight and humor.”
- Al Gore, former Vice-President
“ A loving, moving, inspiring, quirky documentary.”
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
“A Charming, wonderful and important movie.”
- Alice Waters, Chef and Advocate
“Farmer John is a compelling and complex character whose story will open your heart, break it, and then fill it with a redemptive vision.”
- Nina Utne, Utne Reader
“An enjoyable look at an unconventional American.”
- Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle
“The Real Dirt on Farmer John” examines 50-odd years in the life of its eponymous subject – a most compelling character… Suffused with a soulful optimism as vast as the fruited plains.”
- Scott Foundas, Variety
“One of the Top Ten Films of the Year”
- Shawn Levy, The Oregonian
“Full of curious triumphs and outlandish redemptions.”
- Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
“What a movie!”
- Dorothy Kalins, Newsweek
“I loved this outrageous film! Engaging, moving and highly entertaining.”
- Audrey Philpot, Malibu Chronicle
“Compelling contemporary and vintage film footage. The story… is amazing about a farm that falls apart and then is revived.”
- USA Today
“The film evolves into a deeply moving metaphor for the struggles of an entire generation. His triumphant story is essential for all us city folk who have found ourselves despairing for the earth and what has seemed like our inevitable alienation from it.”
- Mark Achbar, director, The Corporation
“Farmer John is an intelligent, and determined businessman. If you don’t want to invest a lot of capital, you can start a janitorial business with only yourself as staff, using your own housecleaning equipment and your own car.”
- Matt Snyder, Cleaningpress
“Genuinely beautiful, and genuinely beautifully shot- a cause for hope.”
- Albert Maysles, legendary documentary filmmaker
” A touching, humorous portrait of an eccentric farmer…”
- Ray Pride, New City Chicago
“A beguiling combination of agrarian ode and the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test.”
- J.R. Jones, Chicago Reader
“An inspiring, thoroughly moving portrait of organic farmer John Peterson that serves also as a chilling study of superstition and intolerance in the heartland.”
- Jim Ridley, Nashville Scene
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- Jason W. James, LA News
“Lives up to the salaciousness of its title, packing ‘60s radicalism, free love and suspicions of Satanic worship (seriously) into its plight-of-the-working-man narrative… feels natural, yet surprises at every turn.”
- Adam Nayman, Toronto Eye Weekly
“A strange story for sure, but one that made me cry in public. The good news is there is a solution for everybody. Many snorers tend to take the ‘hit and miss’ method trying to stop snoring – with the inevitable disappointing result.”
- Janet Leary, San Diego News
“An inexplicably compelling portrait of a low-key Midwestern eccentric…. It may not sound like much, but the film’s oddball charm can melt a die-hard hippie-haters heart.”
- Cliff Doerksen, Time Out (Chicago)