The Trouble with Mr Doodle

I had the privilege of watching The Trouble With Mr Doodle today, and it was an insightful, captivating look into the life of an incredibly talented artist. The film dives deep into his creative process and explores his incredible house, which he has completely covered in doodles-an amazing extension of his unique artistic vision. It also highlights important topics like mental health and creativity, shedding light on issues that deserve more attention. The only opportunity for improvement would be that if the film were available on major streaming platforms, it could reach a wider audience and inspire even more important conversations.

This is a touching story concerning the fragility of the human mind and the strength of a mother's love, of an unconventional boy and the troubled genius he became, and of the resilience of a family when circumstances begin to spiral out of control.

Fans of Mr Doodle will certainly enjoy the biographical elements of this film and the retrospective look at aspects of his work is interspersed with new sequences of cut-out animation and early footage of his attempts to commercialise his work. But this is more than just a bittersweet biographical film.

Poignantly told by his wife, family, and friends, this story touches on the world of art, commercial art, doodles, celebrity and the zeitgeist of the 2020's. But it is not necessary to care about those things, to be moved by this film. It is sufficient simply to be curious about the human condition, and what can happen when creativity turns to obsession.

This is an absolute GEM of a docu-movie that puts you right at the heart of the Mr Doodle story. This film deserves to be a "trending" tile on Netflix or Prime. Beautifully shot, blending old family footage with early archive work and modern day stop motion animation - the audience is left wondering two key things: 1. How does Mr Doodle do what he does?; and 2. How did they make and edit this film so well to pull together his full story? It is an emotional rollercoaster taking the audience on a complex journey through the challenges of the person (Sam) and the character (Mr Doodle). It left me with the overwhelming sense that everyone needs to get to know the work and life of Mr Doodle.

The documentary covers the rise to fame of Sam Cox aka Mr Doodle, who is best known for his exploits in Doodling a Kent mansion inside and out which was internationally televised a few years ago.

The film takes you into the mind of Mr Doodle, how the character and his art evolved, his rise to fame in the art industry and making Sam one of the most successful young artists in the world.

The story takes a rather dark turn where being Mr Doodle completely consumes Sam, in a way that I can only compare to a supervillain from a Marvel movie, the sometimes haunting and tearful path even has a few funny moments, it's not a light watch and is as much about the psychology of Mr Doodle as it is the art. I'm not a regular documentary viewer but this one had me hooked.

The Trouble with Mr Doodle really gave us such an insight into the extremely talented artist Sam Cox ( Mr Doodles ) brain/ life this film will inspire & help a lot of people myself included. Sam & his family really should feel proud to be sharing such a heartfelt & brave part of their life, hearing from his family's & wife's even Sam's school Art teachers perspective of what took place really was so touching.

Watching Mr Doodle & Mrs Doodles amazing Doodle mansion be created from start to end is absolutely breathtaking & this film will show you that your dreams truly can become reality! I couldn't recommend watching this more you'll be hooked the whole way through,