A nimble, nuanced, and at times even poetic documentary about martial arts legend Bruce Lee.

| Jun 23, 2020

For the most part, it's a very entertaining documentary, but one with curious holes in its history.

| Jun 11, 2020

Be Water never forgets Lee's heritage, or stops celebrating it. Even as Lee is described as "East meets West," the documentary never stops pondering the ocean between.

| Original Score: B | Jun 8, 2020

Be Water is, in its own way, as precisely choreographed as Lee's fight sequences, shining a well-deserved light on his brief life but long shadow, as the statues of him around the world attest.

| Jun 8, 2020

Be Water doesn't feel like a sports doc at all; you walk away from it convinced that Bruce Lee was an artist more than anything else.

| Jun 8, 2020

For the curious, it's a fair introduction to the man who became a legend.

| Jun 6, 2020

An introduction to Lee that cherishes him and provides enough clips to satiate those who love his films.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 5, 2020

Because Lee is so fascinating, Be Water is never less than watchable. It provides a solid overview of Lee's life and legacy, particularly for the uninitiated who may have only seen Lee's face on T-shirts.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 3, 2020

All this is endlessly absorbing even if Lee's humanity, the one aspect the doc maintains he longed to carve out more scope for onscreen, remains somewhat opaque.

| Feb 5, 2020

The ample archival footage - which includes a surprising wealth from his pre-Hollywood years - is absorbing, and the audio input from surviving associates interesting if seldom revelatory.

| Feb 4, 2020

A bio-doc about Lee that plays like unadulterated, unapologetic fan service to the legendary figure.

| Jan 29, 2020