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Robin's Wish offers an emotional look at the end of a life suddenly cut short -- and pays warm tribute to the brilliant legacy that was left behind. Read critic reviews

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Movie Info

Filmmaker Tylor Norwood examines the final days of beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Tylor Norwood
Producer:

Tylor Norwood, Ben Sinclair
Writer:

Scott Fitzloff, Tylor Norwood
Release Date (Streaming):

Sep 1, 2020
Runtime:

1h 17m
Production Co:

Quotable Pictures
Sound Mix:

Stereo

Cast & Crew

Susan Marie Schneider

Carter Ham

John R. Montgomery

Shawn Levy

Mort Sahl

Jon Hepper

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Critic Reviews for Robin's Wish

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It's certainly informative and affecting, but the limited use of early archive footage and the emphasis on Williams's decline and suffering make for bleak viewing.

January 10, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Wendy Ide
Observer (UK)
Comprising talking heads, and featuring little archive footage from the movies, it makes its case and gets out of the way before exhausting its welcome.

January 8, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Donald Clarke
Irish Times
There's little sense of the depth of Williams's legacy here, or what the world lost beyond a husband, a friend, and a colleague. Perhaps that pain is enough.

January 6, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Clarisse Loughrey
Independent (UK)
Director Tylor Norwood's film is modestly scaled, a loving correction of the record rather than attempted biography.

January 6, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Danny Leigh
Financial Times
There is just enough, however, of the "real" Williams to give the film some proper emotional heft.

December 30, 2020 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Maher
Times (UK)
What a way to be remembered.

December 30, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Cath Clarke
Guardian
The 2018 documentary Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind will give you a wider view of his career, but the love and sadness seen here is affecting.

January 11, 2021 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Edward Porter
Sunday Times (UK)
Robin's Wish is both a loving tribute and a gentle call to action.

January 11, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Dulcie Pearce
The Sun (UK)
The medical insights into Lewy body dementia are interesting and Schneider Williams makes an estimable focus in her resilience and desire to raise awareness of the condition.

January 5, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Emma Simmonds
The List
A more fitting title may have been Susan's Wish, as it very much is an account of her working through the grief of losing her husband to such a horrible disease, and finding some purpose and meaning in that loss.

January 4, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Andrew Gaudion
VultureHound
Raw, utterly heartbreaking, incredibly insightful and inspiring to watch, this documentary leads with compassion and is an essential film.

January 4, 2021 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review…

Alex Clement
HeyUGuys
Both a loving tribute to the comedy maverick and a rallying call to aid early diagnosis and to discover a cure.

January 4, 2021 | Full Review…

Rob Aldam
Backseat Mafia