OC87: The Obsessive Compulsive, Major Depression, Bipolar, Asperger's Movie

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  • Opened May 25, 2012 (NY; 6/8 LA)
  • 1 hr 40 min
  • NR
  • Thirty years after mental illness derailed his plans to become a filmmaker, Bud Clayman reclaims his dream with a chronicle of the ups and downs of his recovery. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Bud Clayman
  • Director: Glenn Holsten, Bud Clayman, Scott Johnston
  • Genres: Documentary

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Variety
| Dennis Harvey

OC87 serves both its subject and its viewers well by chronicling a process that is actually insightful, entertaining and apparently successful. Read full review

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Los Angeles Times
| Gary Goldstein

The film brings us vividly inside the life - and head - of its determined hero, Bud Clayman, as he depicts the process of what he calls "getting normal." Read full review

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New York Post
| Lou Lumenick

Through it all, Clayman struggles to keep himself, and OC87, on track - and it's easy to cheer his ultimate triumph. Read full review

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The Hollywood Reporter
| John DeFore

An eye-opener about what it's like to live with a variety of mental illnesses, including obsessive-compulsive disorder -- and, however tenuously, to recover from them. Read full review

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