It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE.

"Co-directed by David Brothers and written by its late star, a cerebral palsy sufferer named Steven C Stewart, It Is Fine! EVERYTHING IS FINE. is a hallucinatory, psychosexually violent, avant-garde fantasy that explores a disturbing theme: even the physically handicapped can act like tyrants." Aaron Hillis introduces his interview with Crispin Hellion Glover.

"A movie about a serial killer with cerebral palsy - as the brainchild of the long-suffering Stewart, it's hard to dismiss out of hand," writes Chuck Wilson in the Voice. "If you duck out early, you may meet Glover's gaze as you head up the aisle. All these factors—weird movie, tragic backstory, and the on-site presence of its maker—combine for a nerve-jangling hour-plus. Moviegoing is rarely this fraught."

Updated through 11/22.

For Filmmaker, Nick Dawson talks with Glover "about his unique writer-star Stewart, fearlessly tackling taboo subjects, and how he reacted when Robert Zemeckis stole his face."

Ben Gold talks with him, too, for the Reeler.

Earlier: John Constantine in Nerve.

Updates, 11/21: "Like last year's Part 1, What Is It?, this follow-up (with David Brothers as co-director) will attract only the most adventurous filmgoers, who will have to wade through some rather repugnant material to weigh the movie's merits," writes Laura Kern in the New York Times. "Ever the tireless, traveling showman, Mr Glover will again be on hand before each screening to present his hourlong Big Slide Show, which, like his films, is wildly impassioned and macabrely fascinating."

"Once you're past the shocking imagery, there is a poignancy to be found within the film, and it certainly makes a statement about living with a handicap (though we're not yet completely sure what that statement is)," writes Sara Vilkomerson in the New York Observer. "Mr Glover is clearly proud of the final result. 'This will be the best movie of my career,' he predicted."

"If Stewart were just an average Joe with a fetish for long hair and dreams of killing his partners, would anyone care?" asks Michael Joshua Rowin in the L Magazine. "Doubtful."

"Conceptually, the merits of the process are apparent: Just as What Is It? gave actors with Down Syndrome a chance to indulge in creativity, It Is Fine allows an outsider's plight to define the mood and give significance to the art," writes Eric Kohn in the New York Press. "Yet it's hard to take that endeavor seriously when the movie operates under the guise of exploitation. Stewart comes across as an object of pity, but his descent into madness doesn't underscore his difficulties. It takes advantage of them."

Update, 11/22: David Wolinsky talks with Glover for the AV Club.

Posted by dwhudson at November 20, 2007 2:29 PM