Oliver Sacks: His Own Life
Zeitgeist Films | Release Date: September 23, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
82
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Universal acclaim based on 9 Critic Reviews
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9
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustSep 25, 2020
Oliver Sacks: His Own Life is a moving portrait of a man taking deep stock of his life with great satisfaction and verve. It Read full review
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 24, 2020
What’s most moving about Oliver Sacks: His Own Life is that Sacks, whose extreme love of existence was there in every sentence he wrote, could embrace death because it would be the most out-there adventure of his life. What he saw is that we were all, in our ways, afflicted and all unique. And therefore all extraordinary. Read full review
90
The New York TimesGlenn KennySep 24, 2020
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. Read full review
83
IndieWireSteve GreeneApr 10, 2021
In the many ways it’s straightforward, it also allows for the same care that helped make him a transformational figure for himself and those moved to action by his work. Read full review
80
The GuardianCath ClarkeOct 14, 2021
What a man. Just writing this makes me want to watch the documentary all over again. Read full review
80
The Irish TimesDonald ClarkeOct 1, 2021
A hugely entertaining record of a person no novelist could have invented. Read full review
80
The TelegraphEd PowerSep 30, 2021
Sacks, humble and charming to the end, makes for such agreeable company that it’s hard to object to the hyperbole. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterStephen FarberSep 24, 2020
Sacks’ personal life was as startling as his professional achievements. Read full review
63
Boston GlobeMark FeeneySep 24, 2020
The documentary’s chief virtue, after the very considerable pleasure of getting to spend time in Sacks’s company, is learning how much his personal life rivaled his career in remarkableness. Read full review
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