Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
January. 19,2018A funny, intimate and heartbreaking portrait of one of the world’s most beloved and inventive comedians, Robin Williams, told largely through his own words. Celebrates what he brought to comedy and to the culture at large, from the wild days of late-1970s L.A. to his death in 2014.
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Let's be realistic.
Absolutely the worst movie.
Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.
Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.
I watch this documentary with a heavy heart. You never get to see the struggles that some actors have had to go until they retire or die. Watching this shortly after he would have celebrated his 67th birthday, it is difficult to put all that content and that much energy in an HBO special in just under 2 hours, but they manage to do so. When you watch this, it will leave you nothing short of wanting to binge watch everything Robin Williams has touched. Growing up to most of his movies, in the peak of his time, brings me back to my childhood. I can't remember the amount of times I've seen Mrs. Doubtfire, Aladdin, Good Will Hunting, and probably my favourite, Patch Adams, which I feel is borderline autobiographical, minus the medical aspect. I was really happy being able to see my childhood friend again and I know you will be too. I strongly recommend you watch this if you ever loved Robin Williams. You won't be disappointed.
I absolutely loved this documentary. So many funny parts but much of it was sad as well. Absolutely worth the time to watch.
Upfront, this rating is biased, but I can defend it.Just because you have a great subject does not automatically mean you have a great biographical documentary. You have to let the subject and those who knew them speak not you or your own preconceived notions-DONE. You have to get the entire subject without editing out the warts or important aspects that made them who they were, and do it in less than miniseries length-DONE.You have to feel their creative, inspirational, painful, & emotional life without questions unanswered-DONE.Accepting that no two-hour movie can capture anyone worth doing a documentary about, this does as good a job as I have seen. Do I want more? Of course! If you are a fan how could you not. (period because that was rhetorical)10 is a hard score to justify, especially if you can be as overly critical as I can, but... I believe I am giving this rating not because I loved and miss Robin Williams, but because it portrayed someone I love and miss in a way that others may know the person I saw and understand why. RIP Robin Williams
Recently, I've noticed a particular pattern that HBO Documentaries tends to use for their productions: They aren't afraid to tackle an already-covered subject (like Andre the Giant or Robin Williams), and along with hitting all the important beats they somehow uncover new footage and conduct really impressive interviews.This is exactly what happens in "Come Inside My Mind". Since his death in 2014 (and probably even before), Robin Williams has been the subject of many a documentary piece. This one covers maybe 70% of the same ground, but that other 30% is the key. In "Come Inside My Mind", I saw footage of both him and his work that I had never seen before. The interviews with his contemporaries are also riveting and seem to add new perspective rather than hit the same old beats.The bottom line here is that it is tough to make a really good, original Robin Williams documentary these days, but HBO pretty much manages to nail it here. While a scene or two here or there might feel a bit derivative, for the most part this is a very well-produced look at Williams both in front of and behind the cameras.