Remembering Gene Wilder

2023

Biography / Documentary

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 88% · 40 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 97% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.8/10 10 3653 3.7K

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Director

Ron Frank Photo
Ron Frank

Top cast

Harrison Ford Photo
Harrison Ford as Self - 'Tommy'
Garry Shandling Photo
Garry Shandling as Self - Actor, It's Garry Shandling's Show
Mel Stuart Photo
Mel Stuart as Self - Director
Charles Chaplin Photo
Charles Chaplin as Self - Director, Writer, Actor
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856.69 MB
1280*718
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 7
1.71 GB
1920*1078
English 5.1
NR
23.976 fps
1 hr 32 min
Seeds 14

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by EUyeshima 7 / 10

A Celebration of Wilder That's Only Sporadically Revealing

If you're looking for a celebration of Gene Wilder's life and career, as well as confirmation of his legacy as a beloved performer, this quickly paced 2023 documentary from director Ron Frank and writer Glenn Kirschbaum will probably suit your needs just fine. All his most famous work and personal details are covered - the fabled collaborations with Mel Brooks, his later commercial successes with Richard Pryor, his brief and tragic marriage to Gilda Radner - as well as none-too-revealing snippets of interviews with colleagues and friends like Brooks. There's even voiceover narration from Wilder himself from his audiobook of his 2005 memoirs. Still, the film felt lacking in providing what particularly drove his creativity and ambition and how he handled professional failures after he peaked with "Young Frankenstein". Other than "The Producers", little was shared of his more obscure films, his first two marriages, and his estranged daughter. His final years, however, were covered respectfully with his happy fourth marriage to hearing specialist Karen Boyer and his 2016 death from Alzheimer's. This film felt more like a conventional tribute than a revealing life journey.
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Reviewed by wgbarry 9 / 10

Fit For Family Viewing!

Ludicrous MA rating on Netflix. Really? This was a kind and wholesome look at Gene Wilder as a person and his unique career.

The last section of his life with dementia is especially moving. Though this documentary doesn't include all his work, all the obvious high points are explored .

What's remarkable as a side note is the longevity of the now 98 year old Mel Brooks, who crucially helped create Wilder's career. His sense of loss is palpable.

Overall this is as good a documentary as could done.

MA must be a lazy marketing gimmick, since it suggests raw material. This is as sweet a production befitting Wilder's gentle persona.

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