Smash His Camera Reviews

Ultimately, Galella's work is more interesting than the man behind the camera.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

An entertaining and thought provoking film with more celebrity pictures, and interviews, than you can shake a stick at.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

A paparazzo's life, replete with flashbulbs and sucker punches, says much about the nature of celebrity and our fascination with it.

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It's an irresistible, illuminating documentary on a subject once thought glamorous, but now often resembles madness.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

[Leon] Gast seems to have waded into this subject without much of a road map, and left it to [Ron] Galella to show him the way

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

[T]houghtful and entertaining look at the changes in our celebrity-obsessed culture over the past 40 years as seen through a ubiquitous lens and controversial career.

Full Review | Original Score: 7/10

The notorious tabloid photographer finally gets his due.

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The film refuses to pass judgment on the controversial photog, letting him do his own thing.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4

Mr. Galella emerges as a kindred soul for the curious documentarian and as a large, complicated personality in his own right.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Whether on Fifth Avenue or in a Grand Ballroom or schmoozing with film crews for information, Galella is , oblivious to the feelings and havoc around him.

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Aside from some overly jaunty soundtrack music, Smash His Camera assembles Galella's anecdotes smartly, and supports them well visually.

Full Review | Original Score: A-

There is casual genius in some of the captured moments, a combination of access, timing, and luck, with the subject almost always carrying most of the image's weight.

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A robust and snappy documentary about Ron Galella, the controversial photographer of America's superstars and celebrities.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5

Gast's film takes off only when it recounts past conquests and grudges.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5

Leon Gast's documentary portrait has a freewheeling charm that perfectly matches its subject.

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[An] entertaining docu by When We Were Kings' Leon Gast.

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Gast's presentation is super-slick and surprisingly dynamic for a film concerned with still images.

Full Review | Original Score: 5/5

As king of the paparazzi, Ron Galella has been slugged by Marlon Brando, sued by Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and slurred by other photographers. Now, filmmaker Leon Gast turns his camera on Galella, and the result is fascinating and full of surprises.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/5