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Brutally honest and utterly compelling, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me offers a riveting, vanity-free portrait of its legendary subject while offering a few essential truths about the human condition.
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There's something indomitable about her will to perform, and insecurity has been part of her experience for decades, it's clear. Apr 2, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…
There's something indomitable about her will to perform, and insecurity has been part of her experience for decades, it's clear.
Philippa Hawker
Chiemi Karasawa deserves all the credit in the world for the intimate and hilarious portrait that is Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, a sparkling cocktail of music and memoir. On the other hand, she didn't exactly have to drag her subject out of her shell. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Chiemi Karasawa deserves all the credit in the world for the intimate and hilarious portrait that is Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, a sparkling cocktail of music and memoir. On the other hand, she didn't exactly have to drag her subject out of her shell.
John Anderson
[A] feisty portrait of the musical-theater legend. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
[A] feisty portrait of the musical-theater legend.
Owen Gleiberman
"Elaine Stritch" is filled with bluster and memories, blunt outbursts and funny moments. But more importantly, it is filled with honesty. Apr 4, 2014 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
"Elaine Stritch" is filled with bluster and memories, blunt outbursts and funny moments. But more importantly, it is filled with honesty.
Tom Long
Elaine Stritch's strength, along with the film's, comes from her honesty. She is herself, even when - maybe especially when - she knows she's being watched. Mar 13, 2014 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Elaine Stritch's strength, along with the film's, comes from her honesty. She is herself, even when - maybe especially when - she knows she's being watched.
Michael O'Sullivan
Really, the experience of "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" is the experience of being in Stritch's company for 80 minutes, and that's fine. Still I doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it were 10 minutes longer. Mar 13, 2014 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Really, the experience of "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" is the experience of being in Stritch's company for 80 minutes, and that's fine. Still I doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it were 10 minutes longer.
Mick LaSalle
A delight in that we're able to spend time with as rare a creature as Elaine Stritch, but the film's human elements elevate it to greater heights. Apr 3, 2019 | Rating: 8.5/10 | Full Review…
A delight in that we're able to spend time with as rare a creature as Elaine Stritch, but the film's human elements elevate it to greater heights.
Bernard Boo
In the same way that disabled and older people shouldn't be called "inspiring" just for living their lives... the film shows us that the effects of aging for [Elaine] Stritch aren't tragic but just inconveniences and obstacles for her to work around. Mar 13, 2019 | Full Review…
In the same way that disabled and older people shouldn't be called "inspiring" just for living their lives... the film shows us that the effects of aging for [Elaine] Stritch aren't tragic but just inconveniences and obstacles for her to work around.
Ren Jender
What becomes a legend most? In Elaine Stritch's case, it's this riveting, unvarnished documentary portrait of the lioness in winter. Nov 29, 2017 | Rating: B+ | Full Review…
What becomes a legend most? In Elaine Stritch's case, it's this riveting, unvarnished documentary portrait of the lioness in winter.
Stephen Schaefer
Ultimately, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me makes you root for her even when you've had your fill of her. Oct 25, 2017 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Ultimately, Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me makes you root for her even when you've had your fill of her.
Craig D. Lindsey
For someone who made her Broadway debut 68 years ago, Elaine Stritch is still quite the firecracker. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
For someone who made her Broadway debut 68 years ago, Elaine Stritch is still quite the firecracker.
Rebecca Jacobson
As we see Stritch carry on, still performing into her eighties, battling the physical and mental ravages of time, it's obvious she was no sissy. Jan 5, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
As we see Stritch carry on, still performing into her eighties, battling the physical and mental ravages of time, it's obvious she was no sissy.
Scott Nash
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