Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady use some innovative techniques to create a multi-faceted portrait of a man whose groundbreaking television series challenged America’s ideas about gender, race, class and sexuality.

| Dec 21, 2022

The film is a little slow going in the beginning... But the story of his childhood, service in the military, how he got into show business, creations and collaborations and his marriages include fascinating details.

| Oct 23, 2019

The film showcases Lear's talent without eulogizing him, presenting a warts-and-all take that still manages to highlight the remarkable vitality that this iconic 온라인카지노추천 man still exudes.

| Aug 15, 2017

Watching this documentary is not only a fascinating exploration of one of television's greatest artists, but a potent reminder of how deeply engaged we have been with this mode of storytelling.

| Aug 8, 2017

The film is most successful when showing the genesis of Lear's greatest works.

| Jun 30, 2017

This is a story of a life of enormous fulfillment-eloquently told and openhearted as related by the subject himself, now in his early 90s, who knows, as he reveals, what to value in life.

| Oct 20, 2016

The picture doesn't find precision, but it summarizes nicely, delivering a fascinating portrait of a man who changed television.

| Original Score: B+ | Aug 10, 2016

As a portrait of a genius, Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You is a pleasant enough historical primer on what was the best part of television in the 1970s.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 7, 2016

An affectionate reminder of what an impact one writer-producer had on the modern world.

| Original Score: B | Aug 5, 2016

Just Another Version is less sweeping than Lear's memoir but filled with smartly chosen clips.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 5, 2016

If the movie fails to plumb the depth of Lear's mystery, it succeeds in being an entertaining look at an influential figure.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 3, 2016

Their subject is just too smart, interesting and philosophically astute to not be fascinating. But you crave more, and as Archie Bunker would fondly say, "That's the crutch of the situation."

| Original Score: B- | Jul 31, 2016

... gives moviegoers a fresh perspective on his memorable work and its continuing relevance.

| Jul 30, 2016

The film is poetically structured and Lear is a spry, emotionally involved participant in a lively bio-doc that succeeds eulogistically and contextually.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2016

There is a world of charm and wisdom in the film, much as there is in the man himself.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 29, 2016

The film inserts us into a solipsistic universe of Norman Lear, one that also overlaps many of the most significant social, political, and show-biz issues of the second half of the 20th century.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 28, 2016

To really understand Lear, go back to those superb shows.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 28, 2016

It is worth the price of admission for the clips from All in the Family alone.

| Jul 22, 2016

Lear was a 온라인카지노추천 pathfinder, all right, but his path is carpeted with rose petals.

| Original Score: B- | Jul 22, 2016

The film is at its most compelling when we hear Lear's voice - or just watch him, seated on a theatrically lit but empty stage, thumbing through scrapbooks and smiling or wincing at memories.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 22, 2016