Jack Rebney is the most famous man you've never heard of - after cursing his way through a Winnebago sales video, Rebney's outrageously funny outtakes became an underground sensation and made him an internet superstar. Filmmaker Ben Steinbauer journeys to the top of a mountain to find the recluse who unwittingly became the "Winnebago Man".
Winnebago Man becomes a much more interesting and troubling film when Rebney, a former journalist, demands to reclaim control of his messaging.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
20 Aug 2010
fresh:
The movie becomes oddly deep and even poignant.
– Rob Nelson,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
23 Sep 2010
fresh:
Although we find out a lot about this virtual hermit and develop an admiration for his cantankerous principles, the movie leaves some questions unanswered.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
14 Oct 2010
rotten:
When the director laments, "I feel like I've stepped into the Winnebago Man outtakes," we can only concur.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
29 Oct 2010
fresh:
Perhaps the most disturbing issue raised in Ben Steinbauer's fascinating and often hilarious Winnebago Man has to do with the Internet's awesome ability to reduce complex and apparently dangerous behaviour to the level of banal spectacle.