For the newcomers, the curious and those willing to find out more about Woody, Weide tells a good tale.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 7, 2024

Why do we love? Why do we die? Weide's biography talks about the filmmakers's life neither as iconic nor a piece of scandalous tabloid fodder, but as a quest to explore our most basic human concerns.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 8, 2019

There's nothing innovative or particularly interesting about the film's structure; it is a chronological timeline of Allen's work and doesn't contain much of what may be regarded as new information to the director's fans.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Sep 28, 2017

For fans it's a smorgasbord of fun stuff, ranging from clips of movies you may not have seen for a while, to footage of Woody at work.

| Sep 18, 2014

The story of Woody Allen, however, is ripe for a 'ripped from the headlines!' movie, which is why it's so nice to see rather a respectful, unsensationalised documentary on him.

| Sep 8, 2013

Appropriately fawning.

| Jul 6, 2012

For film lovers with a general awareness of Allen's work, this is a richly-rewarding, insightful documentary which can only make more of them want to become super fans.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2012

Woody Allen: A Documentary is an advertorial for Allen's immense back catalogue of work and an affirmation of his reemergence as a filmmaking powerhouse in the last decade.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 11, 2012

It's not a film to be missed.

| Jun 10, 2012

Allen is endearing in his belief that any of his success has been a happy accident and that he has yet to make a great film that will stand the test of time.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 8, 2012

This documentary is a pleasure, though we don't get too far beneath the surface.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2012

There is more to Woody Allen: A Documentary than its modest title suggests, although perhaps not quite enough to justify swapping that "a" for "the".

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2012

A breezy distillation of Allen's body of work, if inevitably glossing over his colourful personal life.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 7, 2012

I could have watched this armada forever. The clips alone, from Sleeper, Annie Hall, Zelig and others, pageant his greatness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 7, 2012

It is guaranteed to drive audiences back to his films for repeat viewings; no bad thing as far as this reviewer is concerned.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2012

How disappointing.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 7, 2012

An engaging and enjoyable film that's a treat for Woody Allen fans. Recommended.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2012

It's a collaborative effort with Woody (who, unusually, looks happy to be interviewed), so we see him at home (showing off a typewriter he bought for $40 at 16), writing on his bed and standing outside his childhood home in Brooklyn.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2012

The doco only offers some insights, but even a minor glimpse into the notoriously private life of Allen is a treat.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 5, 2012

One for the fans, Weide's doc is a pleasant career overview but if you're looking for something more probing, it'll drive you Bananas.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 30, 2012