A documentary on legendary comedian and actor Robin Williams. Through interviews with family, colleagues and friends, some of whom are legends in their own right, we learn his life story, not only the career aspect but his private life too.
An incredibly interesting and illuminating documentary on one of the world's funniest people and one of the most revered entertainers of all time. Instead of doing what your run-of-the-mill documentary that just showers the subject with praise and trundles out "experts" who just parrot empty platitudes, this documentary does what documentaries should do: show the subject warts-and-all. Moreover, it doesn't just cover the events but also why things happened, mental state and other deeper aspects.
The interviewees are highly relevant: family, peers and friends - the people who knew Williams best. Some of the peers and friends include such luminaries as Billy Crystal, Lewis Black, Pam Dawber, Eric Idle, David Letterman and Steve Martin.
Of course, you couldn't have a Robin Williams documentary without clips of his stand-up routines and there's plenty of those, just to remind us what a genius he was (plus they are very funny!).
Superb.
An incredibly interesting and illuminating documentary on one of the world's funniest people and one of the most revered entertainers of all time. Instead of doing what your run-of-the-mill documentary that just showers the subject with praise and trundles out "experts" who just parrot empty platitudes, this documentary does what documentaries should do: show the subject warts-and-all. Moreover, it doesn't just cover the events but also why things happened, mental state and other deeper aspects.
The interviewees are highly relevant: family, peers and friends - the people who knew Williams best. Some of the peers and friends include such luminaries as Billy Crystal, Lewis Black, Pam Dawber, Eric Idle, David Letterman and Steve Martin.
Of course, you couldn't have a Robin Williams documentary without clips of his stand-up routines and there's plenty of those, just to remind us what a genius he was (plus they are very funny!).
Superb.