I Dreamed I Searched for You in Heaven

May. 04,2012

Rating：

5.5

Genre：

Documentary

Keywords：

Outsider Art Folk Art

Trailer Synopsis Cast

A documentary based upon the lives of outsider folk artists Ronald and Jessie Cooper. They became artists in their mid-fifties while living on disability after having lost their Kentucky country store, enduring multiple heart attacks, and being seriously injured in an automobile accident. The story is told through the voices of their four children as well as pioneers of the Kentucky Folk Art Center in Morehead, KY who gave the Coopers their start. The film is an account of their life tragedies and triumphs based upon the messages told throughout their artwork.

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Reviews

AshUnow

2012/05/04

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

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Brainsbell

2012/05/05

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

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Ariella Broughton

2012/05/06

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

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Darin

2012/05/07

One of the film's great tricks is that, for a time, you think it will go down a rabbit hole of unrealistic glorification.

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