Becoming Mike Nichols
Becoming a Comedian. Becoming a Director. Becoming a Filmmaker.
Becoming a Comedian. Becoming a Director. Becoming a Filmmaker.
Documentary
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2016
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This intimate portrait of director, producer, and improvisational comedy icon Mike Nichols shows his final and historic interviews filmed just months before his death. Director Douglas McGrath documents Nichols’s early life, as he opens up to his friend, director Jack O’Brien, about the storied beginnings of his career.
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Rated:
TV-14
Runtime:
72 min
Release date:
28 Jan 2016
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 nomination total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's not meant to be a complete catalog or chronology. It's a beautiful interview piece with archival photographs and clips that will inform any viewer's appreciation of the performing arts.
– Joanne Ostrow,
Denver Post,
23 Feb 2016
fresh:
Every time [director Elaine] May cuts away from Mike Nichols talking, you're impatient for her to get back to him.
– David Wiegand,
San Francisco Chronicle,
22 Feb 2016
fresh:
Becoming Mike Nichols will make you want to go back and rewatch Stevens's gorgeous and definitely American film, but only after you've paid a nice, long visit to Nichols's greatest hits.
– Matthew Gilbert,
Boston Globe,
22 Feb 2016
fresh:
By concentrating on the early projects, we get a richer sense of the development of Nichols the artist in his own words and illustrated with photos and extended clips of performances.
– Kevin Crust,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb 2016
rotten:
For a documentary on his work to clock in at just 72 minutes doesn't seem fitting in any sense.
– Guy Lodge,
Variety,
29 Jan 2016