February 17, 2005

“Indie-rock enthusiasts will find much to appreciate.  Gary Wilson and the Blind Dates, as his band was known, do for used-record stores what R. Crumb and Harvey Pekar do for used comic-book stores.”

February 16, 2005

“Welcome to the peculiar world of Gary Wilson.  Outrageous… Fascinating… You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story,  directed by Michael Wolk, documents Wilson's amazing story.”

 
February 16, 2005

“This low-key doc about lost-and-found Other Music cult hero Gary Wilson so sweetly underplays its hand that even the most jaundiced skeptics come out simply rooting for the safe passage of town weirdos everywhere.”

March 04, 2005

“A fascinating chapter in pop music history. The performance footage is particularly arresting.”

February 16, 2005

“The story of musical maverick Gary Wilson holds plenty of inherent interest, especially for buffs of underground esoterica.”

February 16, 2005

“A professionally-made film. The filmmakers do a grand job.”

February 16, 2005

“Filmmaker Michael Wolk…  unearthed the legacy of a small, underground scene of art-damaged high-school students led by none other than Wilson himself… Wilson is well-served by Wolk, a filmmaker who understands and respects this peculiar genius, and who offers up Wilson's incredibly strange music without ever resorting the kind of condescension that pervades the treatment of so much so-called outsider art.”

 
March 1, 2005

“A film that is as informative, complete, and seductive as a great Ken Burns work.”

November, 2004

Grade: A-

Voted SPIN’S DVD of the Month – and it is NOT YET AVAILABLE on DVD!

Minneapolis / St. Paul

October, 2004

“You don't have to really know anything about Gary Wilson or his recordings to get engrossed in this surprisingly sweet little documentary. Director Michael Wolk has a vertiginous knack for multiple timelines, humorous dialogue, and inter-cutting old footage.”