SummaryTwenty-nine-year-old Joseph Garner cut himself off from everyone he knew and everything he owned, to embark on a bold adventure. Armed with only a laptop, cell phone, toothbrush, and the clothes on his back – alongside the hope that community was not gone but just had shifted – Joe lived for a month looking for alms in America’s new town square: ... Read More
Directed By:Joseph Garner
Craigslist Joe
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Mixed or Average
45
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
45
17% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
67% Mixed
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4 Reviews
17% Negative
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1 Review
Aug 5, 2012
70
A stunt-documentary whose conceit overlaps with the finding-yourself appeal of a road movie, Joseph Garner's Craigslist Joe is humbly charming.
Aug 5, 2012
60
He's a nondescript protagonist, his benefactors, and he's never truly in need; as is made clear at the start, he has a comfortable life to return to whenever he chooses. So the picture becomes simply the moderately diverting record of an offbeat vacation.
Aug 5, 2012
50
The documentary Craigslist Joe fulfills its unique premise - without providing much in the way of stakes, obstacles, tension or, frankly, greater meaning.
Aug 8, 2012
42
Craigslist Joe takes Garner on a 21st-century hitchhiking trip that not only didn't end in his gruesome murder, but in a month to remember fondly. It's an inspiring experience. For him.
Jul 30, 2012
25
As hard as he tries, we never truly believe there's a lot at stake for Garner, who seems to cruise through America like a gringo taking a favela tour in Rio.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.5
67% Positive
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Dec 1, 2012
6
An interesting if somewhat dubious tale. While I can imagine that two young men with a camera could traverse the US meeting nothing but interesting and helpful people, I suspect that a lot of people if they attempted this trip would run into many more problems -- perhaps very serious ones. I'm not trying to be negative, I just think it can be dangerous for the filmmaker to set an expectation that could lead to disaster for others. That said, this little film will entertain most people.
Production Company:
- CLJ Films
Release Date:Aug 3, 2012
Duration:1 h 30 m
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