One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story
Thomas Miller
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Plot Summary
One Bad Cat is about the transformative role art plays in the tumultuous life of 82 year-old, African-American, renowned outsider artist Reverend Albert Wagner. He has been a lightening rod for controversy his entire life. Racism, ego and lust led him to the brink of ruin. Miraculously turned onto religion at age 50, he was inspired by God to paint, and become a famous artist for a mostly White clientele. From a racist Southern upbringing, in his later years his artwork railed against the lifestyles of members of the African- American community, which created as many detractors as champions. Near the film’s conclusion, an ailing Albert comes to terms with his checkered past. Was Albert’s penitence real and did he achieve redemption through his art?
Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews
TOMATOMETER
57%- Reviews Counted: 7
- Fresh: 4
- Rotten: 3
- Average Rating: 6.4/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Directed by Thomas G. Miller, One Bad Cat brings fresh light to the artist Albert Wagner.
Fresh: With One Bad Cat: The Reverend Albert Wagner Story and a subject this colorful, all a nonfiction filmmaker has to do is get out of the way.
Rotten: Confessions like "God and art saved the Reverend Albert" beg for more interrogation than director Thomas G. Miller seems to have in him.
Rotten: The film finds its footing whenever Johnny Coleman, professor of African-American Studies and Fine Arts at Oberlin College in Ohio, speaks openly about Wagner's troublesome images and the appeal those images have for whites.
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