It is as intimate and honest a portrait of a rock artist's creative roots as any film has attempted. (nytimes.com)
Parker admires Nick's «unapologetically direct depiction of his subjects, whether architectural aspects of Boston, rural landscapes, Venetian canals, simple room interiors or unstintingly honest portraits and self portraits.» (painters-table.com)
It was made before Philadelphia, focuses on characters that are almost entirely gay men, it covers the entirety of the 1980s, offers a very honest portrait of the AIDS crisis, is a better movie, but Philadelphia is heralded as the definitive film about this subject. (rottentomatoes.com)