Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

To say this film is good is like saying water is wet. The director has brought to the world a story everyone should not just see...but one you should pay close attention to.At the end of this film you might come away with a sense of..."what if?" By this I mean what if not a soul payed attention to me.Henry Darger was a lonely soul throughout his life. I got the impression he was lonely...by design. He couldn't deal with people because early on in his life he had such difficulties as a child that he figured why deal with real people. How bout I create my own world. This is what he did...and what he did is visually stunning and mentally stimulating. In a basic sense I mean he created some outstanding paintings and oh yeah, there are written stories to go along with each panting. The stories are beyond any Sci-fi fantasy. These are just pure make believe that he actually believed in.Pure innocence is a rarity in the world anymore. If you wanna see some, watch this film and be prepared to cry and be amazed. I know I was.Thank you Jessica Yu.

Boy oh boy did I want to love this movie. I am fascinated by the secret lives of everyday people, especially those who seemingly have been forgotten by society. The story of Henry Darger and his massive, secret work of fantasy should have been a sure thing. Unfortunately, the movie had precious little to work with and came off as confusing and slow.What makes this movie intriguing is also its biggest barrier, and that is that there are only 3 known photos of Darger, and few, if anyone, who really knew the man. You could feel the struggle as the filmmaker tried to tease 80 minutes out of 3 photos. Darger did leave behind an autobiography and more than 15,000 pages of a fantasy novel, but I wanted to see Darger, and that could not be provided.Darger is notable for leaving behind said volumes, and the fact that nobody knew he was working on it. What a surprise it must have been to realize that the forgotten man had produced such wondrous works. The film does a nice job of weaving personal accounts from Darger with details about his story. One can clearly see that he used the story as an outlet to deal with his own confusing existence. Unfortunately, the story isn't enough to hold one's attention, and eventually turns into ramblings of a recluse. I would have liked a sturdier thread holding this together. The good stuff was there, just not told very well by the filmmaker.In the end, In the Realms of the Unreal was interesting in spots and far too tedious in others. The main character could never be illustrated fully and we are left to learn about him through his confusing stories and the flimsy accounts from people who barely knew him. What began as prime subject matter melted into a desperate exercise to make a full length movie.

Maybe it is just because I have to do an assignment on Oliver Twist and I was extremely stressed over it while watching this movie, but was it just me who thought their lives were very similar? Maybe not completely, just the first few years of his life. He also mentioned Dickens quite a bit in the movie. I am definitely using this film as a means of entertainment for my assignment. Unfortunately, I was unable to finish the movie so I'm not really sure if there was anymore similarities between the two, would someone care to tell me. But from what I did see I thought it was an incredible movie, even the way they showed it was amazing. Maybe some of you could put your input on this.

This is easily the strangest movie I have ever seen, and I've seen some odd ones. The movie and animation were well-done but I did not like the movie overall. I suppose this is because I am tired of people exalting mentally disturbed and/or extremely eccentric individuals as undiscovered artists when they are often lost souls in need of some intense therapy. Don't get me wrong, as we know, a lot of extremely creative and talented individuals have been and are disturbed (I think often times this helps fuel the creative process), but I certainly don't think it was true in this case. Darger was merely an extremely sick individual who was expressing this sickness in his "art."