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- 88RogerEbert.comRogerEbert.comOlympia has the usual biographical documentary structure, though it's a bit of a hodge-podge, following Dukakis to a festival, a rehearsal, awards events, at home, intercut with archival footage and comments from friends, colleagues, and family.
- 50Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaWithout a more probing look into her artistry, it’s hard to think of Olympia as a definitive Dukakis profile — though it’s certainly an unusual celebrity documentary.
- 40The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAt times, Mavromichalis himself seems starstuck, to the extent that he can’t distinguish the disarming from the banal.
- 40VarietyJessica KiangVarietyJessica KiangOlympia for all its fondness, is just too cursory a portrait of a complex woman: depth presented as a series of glinting surfaces.