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EPISODE 1.1
|Due: 1 Sep 2025
Part 1
In the 1980s, Paul Reubens becomes a global sensation with
... More his alter-ego Pee-wee Herman, but fame proves to be a complicated companion.Less
HBO portrait told in two parts tracing the life of imaginative artist Paul Reubens, creator of larger-than-life character Pee-wee Herman.
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100 %49 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
92 %46 reviewsAudience score rating
"Makes for a revealing portrait of a performer who so often put persona in front of personhood."
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Associated Press
Associated Press"Essentially a love song, as is only proper; there’d be no reason to make the film if it weren’t."
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Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times"Riveting... ultimately, a peculiar celebrity profile because its subject hides almost as much as it reveals."
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Salon
Salon"What sets it apart is that it’s an unusually thoughtful, provocative and honest one."
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San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle"In the end, if “As Himself” is necessarily incomplete, it stands as a tribute to Reubens’s genius and complexity."
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The New York Times
The New York Times"Ends up being both a definitive look at Pee-wee Herman and a reintroduction to Reubens as a subversive comedic genius."
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Rolling Stone
Rolling Stone"An entertaining, enlightening and enjoyably confounding portrait of an enjoyably confounding artist."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"A compelling enough figure to carry a straightforward bio-doc."
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Variety
Variety"By the end, I felt ready to buy a “Justice for Paul Reubens” T-shirt..."
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RogerEbert.com
RogerEbert.comPee-wee as Himself | Details
- Genre
- Documentary
- Country of origin
- USA
- Studio
- HBO
