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6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceDiana ClarkeVillage VoiceDiana Clarke[A] bizarre and wonderful doc that's pitched like a home movie but crafted with fine, poignant sensibilities.
- 75Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneIt suggests that a disease isn't a product of one single person's body, but the eruption of an entire family history of unarticulated desire.
- 75RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireRogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireDocumentary films often find their value in taking us to places that are challenging, even painful. Farewell to Hollywood offers the rewarding difficulties of that type of filmmaking, along with additional challenges that stem from questions about its own ethics.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThis film complements rather than duplicating the recent fest title "Butterfly Girl," which also refused to settle for generic notions of bravery and endurance to hone in on an individual teen's specific experience of illness.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergFarewell to Hollywood is moving yet queasily unsettling, even if Ms. Nicholson’s enthusiasm mitigates the veneer of exploitation. Watching it feels like judging a last will and testament. The movie is an intimate dialogue from which viewers may prefer to recuse themselves.
- There’s a conspicuous self-serving impulse behind Farewell To Hollywood on Corra’s part that makes viewing it an extremely strange and sometimes queasy experience.