"As entertaining as it is informative...one of the finest bio docs of the genre"
• film babble blog
"An invigorating and often hysterical look at a gifted comic and the nation of dupes he continues to use as his medium"
• slate.com
"Like a reverse Jon Stewart, Abel has been creating fake news...preying on mainstream media's insatiable thirst for the lurid, the perverse, and the wacky"
• pbs pov blog
"ABEL RAISES CAIN has the subject of the decade, a world-champion 'hoaxer' who has been fearlessly plying his odd trade for over fifty years"
• dvd savant
"Consistently relatable, entertaining and refreshingly candid...A great film and an interesting childhood"
• the documentary blog
"Long before the Yes Men satirized Exxon and Halliburton, and before Ashton Kutcher was born, Alan Abel was the undisputed king of media hoaxers"
• utne reader
"ABEL RAISES CAIN covers four decades of hoaxes and paints a fascinating picture of a fascinating character"
• lost at sea
"A rather brilliant portrayal of a true American original who probably hasn't gotten his due"
• popmatters
*****
"A humorous and highly personal documentary"
• los angeles times
"An impressive debut...a heartfelt, interesting and, above all, entertaining film"
• minnesota daily
"Intriguing, affectionate...a very funny documentary"
• providence journal
"A lively, bittersweet portrait of the master prankster's career"
• new york press
"A fun and fascinating look at an American original"
• st. louis post-dispatch
"A sweet funny tribute...makes the case that [Alan Abel] deserves to be more than a cultural footnote"
• toronto eye
"An exhilarating and lovingly-made documentary"
• vancouver sun
"A loving portrait of an eccentric father"
• the stranger
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