Dear Mr. Brody

Name: Dear Mr. Brody
Genre: Documentary
Released: March 4, 2022
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 77
Cast: Andy Janquitto, Don Enright, Edward R. Pressman, Holly Hodgkins, Jackie Badger-Jackson

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Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: March 4, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Andy Janquitto, Don Enright, Edward R. Pressman, Holly Hodgkins, Jackie Badger-Jackson, Juanita Badger, Melissa Robyn Glassman, Michael Aronin, Michael J. Brody, Renee Brody

Summary: When 21-year-old hippie-millionaire Michael Brody Jr. decided to give away his fortune to anyone in need, he ignited a psychedelic spiral of events. An instant celebrity, Brody was mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the press, and overwhelmed by the crush of personal letters responding to his extraordinary offer. Fifty years later, anWhen 21-year-old hippie-millionaire Michael Brody Jr. decided to give away his fortune to anyone in need, he ignited a psychedelic spiral of events. An instant celebrity, Brody was mobbed by the public, scrutinized by the press, and overwhelmed by the crush of personal letters responding to his extraordinary offer. Fifty years later, an enormous cache of these letters are discovered—unopened.… Expand

Director: Keith Maitland

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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Robert Abele

Mar 4, 2022

Concurrently, as Maitland provides pockets of warmth and humanity in the legacies of a handful of letter-writers, he relays through archival footage and interviews the fallout for Brody himself when the sheer volume of outstretched hands and scrutinizing eyes became too much for him to handle. Read full review

Lisa Kennedy

Mar 3, 2022

Dear Mr. Brody invites timely thoughts about the wealthy and income disparity. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Mar 3, 2022

As with his 2016 documentary “Tower,” which recounted a 1966 mass shooting in Texas, director Maitland is most concerned with those whose stories get buried beneath the headlines. Read full review

Josh Kupecki

Feb 24, 2022

It is nothing less than a tapestry detailing the human desire for, yes, money, but more importantly, for connection. Read full review

Andrew Crump

Mar 7, 2022

What Maitland does do to separate his film from other docs that rely on that structure is weave dramatization into documentation, breathing life into the woeful stories and dashed dreams of men, women and children mailing their pleas for relief to Michael Brody Jr. at the edge of desperation. Read full review

Derek Smith

Feb 28, 2022

The film poignantly draws a straight line from the economic anxieties of the past straight to the present. Read full review

Leah Greenblatt

Apr 29, 2022

The heir himself turned out to be a naïve and troubled young man, though Strickland leaves his particular fate a mystery until the final moments of the film. What's in between is unevenly executed but still compelling: a far-out cautionary tale of money, media, and gonzo idealism gone wrong. Read full review

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