Every Act of Life (2017)
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All Critics (6) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (5) | Rotten (1)
A predictably starry, rather standard, but satisfying overview of a prodigious career that is still going full-steam as the writer nears his ninth decade.
This lively Kickstarter-funded tribute endorses that fellowship with admiration and gratitude.
McNally's life has the sweep of an epic novel, except that the novel's inevitable movie version could never have as much star power as his life did.
Like the playwright, it's wise, kind, amusing and more entertaining than deep. For theater lovers, the film is sparked by interviews with Broadway icons, from Audra McDonald to Angela Lansbury, Edie Falco to Christine Baranski.
It does true justice to its subject by showing how his influence goes well beyond words, finding his tribe on Broadway and making it feel like home for others.
Ultimately however, Every Act of Life too frequently veers into overly romanticized terrain...
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