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- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayUniverse deals extensively with Haring's personal life--his open homosexuality, his regular visits with his family, etc.--but it doesn't penetrate too far below the surface.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceEqually a portrait of the artist and a portrait of a decade.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe bane of documentaries on creative people is that they're often little more than a fan's note, of interest only to those who already know and love the work in question. The Universe of Keith Haring starts out that way but the force of the late artist's energy and personality is strong enough to win over the skeptics.
- 60New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierUtilizing copious film footage of her puckish subject and new interviews with Haring's contemporaries, gallerists and mentors, director Christina Clausen makes her fascinating movie as big-hearted, city-centric and energetic as its subject.
- 60The New York TimesNathan LeeThe New York TimesNathan LeeA loving if routine primer on this bright young man.
- 50VarietyVarietyWarmly affectionate yet curiously hollow, The Universe of Keith Haring is a straightforward biodoc about the Gotham-based artist and style-setter.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleReminded me of the occasional thrill of coming upon Haring's puzzling, unsigned chalk drawings in the New York subway at the turn of the 1980s, before he made a name for himself above ground.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film is loving but shallow.