...this artful documentary captures the essence of the man and the machine...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 27, 2021

Framing John DeLorean lays out the incredible tale and finds an appropriately unprecedented way into the story as well.

| Jun 17, 2021

Framing John DeLorean has a fascinating figure at its core, and for the generations of people who only know his name as a prop in a Michael J. Fox film, this will fill in some gaps.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 2, 2021

A compelling story of a complex man, an Icarus, that asks but never answers the question at the core of DeLorean's myth: Was he a cutthroat criminal or innovative genius or both? Instead it provides fodder for exploration on the man and his methods.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 31, 2021

Although some people might complain that Framing John DeLorean doesn't know whether it wants to be a documentary or a docudrama ... the overall storytelling works in this movie.

| Jul 11, 2020

Meshed together with testimonies from his colleagues and his own family, it's a fascinating delve into a forgotten dreamer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2020

Combining documentary footage and interviews with Baldwin's convincing reenactments (and truly, who better to play another '80s raider than Baldwin?), the true story is allowed to shine through, the fact stranger than fiction.

| Nov 12, 2019

Joyce and Argott cleverly depict the story of an extraordinary con man; and like the aforementioned biopics, his story is a compelling one.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 31, 2019

a fascinating roller-coaster ride through the life of one of America's most famous post-war innovators.

| Jul 29, 2019

You don't have to be a gearhead to appreciate this hybrid documentary chronicling the rise and fall of the auto industry mogul with a narrative engine to match its subject's iconic sports car and charismatic swagger.

| Jul 5, 2019

The tremendous and jaw-dropping twists Framing John DeLorean takes will never cease to amaze.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 30, 2019

I could have done with re-enactments featuring Alec Baldwin as John DeLorean, but overall Framing John DeLorean proves an intriguing look at an engineering genius turned entrepreneur, criminal and finally born-again Christian.

| Jun 28, 2019

A bizarre cocktail of perspectives and realities, but not an unappealing endeavor, with the helmers using such unconventional storytelling to showcase an unconventional man

| Original Score: B- | Jun 27, 2019

There's quite a lot of substance to accompany the flash, and one emerges from the film's 109 minutes well informed and highly entertained.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 27, 2019

An excellent film that leaves no stone uncovered in its pursuit of peeling back the layers of a genius who turned corrupt.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jun 25, 2019

...why not make a borderline bat-bleep crazy docu-something of a film chronicling the whole thing?

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 21, 2019

Everything about this documentary/scripted movie/ behind the scenes story says it shouldn't work, but it does. Mainly this is because John DeLorean's life was American innovator mixed with Greek tragedy.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jun 15, 2019

It's both inspiring and a cautionary tale, filled with drama, intrigue, hubris, comedy and tragedy. It's an American story, and a wild one at that.

| Original Score: B+ | Jun 14, 2019

Framing John DeLorean tries to make the point that DeLorean's life story has the potential to be Hollywood biopic.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 14, 2019

[T]he filmmakers make the weird and distracting decision to transform their non-fiction account into a sales pitch for ... a "real" movie about the man.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 14, 2019