Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
2019, Documentary, 1h 54m
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Despite the relatively conventional filmmaking, what comes through most strongly in this portrait is Sacks' uniqueness -- a quality, as he said himself, which he shared with everyone else who has ever lived.
December 5, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
"Oliver Sacks: His Own Life" is a moving portrait of a man taking deep stock of his life with great satisfaction and verve.
September 25, 2020 | Full Review… -
It is a master class in how to die but also a master class in how to live -- as he says, how to live with what can't be changed and frame it as a story to give it meaning.
September 25, 2020 | Rating: B+ | Full Review… -
While the movie steers around the details of how post-fame Sacks became something of a brand, it beautifully presents a portrait of his compassion and bravery.
September 23, 2020 | Full Review… -
Part of the teasing mystery of "Oliver Sacks: His Own Life" is that the movie, like Sacks himself, refuses to pin its subject down to anything as earthly as a diagnosis, because that would reduce him.
October 2, 2019 | Full Review… -
One of the surprising and moving lessons of this revealing film is how often the most gifted people are unappreciated.
September 11, 2019 | Full Review…
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