Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

This documentary by Alex Gibney (Taxi to the Dark Side, No End in Sight) is remarkable, first of all, for reminding us how many pots Hunter dipped a spoon in. He rode with the Hells’ Angels for a year. Ran for sheriff of Pitkin County and lost, but only by 204-173. Covered the 1972 and 1976 presidential primaries in a way that made him a co-candidate (in the sense of co-dependent). Had a baffling dual personality, so that such as McGovern, Jimmy Buffet, Tom Wolfe and his wives and son remember him fondly, but could also be ”absolutely vicious.”
– ROGER EBERT, CHICAGO SUN TIMES

So larger-than-life that he eventually felt overshadowed by his own mythos, legendary journo Hunter S. Thompson gets definitive docu treatment in Gonzo. Alex Gibney’s film draws on a rich array of archival interviews, home movies, signs-of-the-times clips and celebrity reminiscences to chart the dizzying arc of a man who both chronicled and personified edgier aspects of the American 1960s and ‘70s.
– DENNIS HARVEY, VARIETY