Robin's Wish

Name: Robin's Wish
Genre: Documentary
Released: September 1, 2020
Duration: 77 min
Rating: 73
Cast: Robin Williams, Susan Schneider

2020

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Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): September 1, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Robin Williams, Susan Schneider

Summary: Robin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ final days. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, known as Lewy Body Dementia, is shown in stunning detail. Through a journalistic lens, this story sheds an entirely new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mindRobin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ final days. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, known as Lewy Body Dementia, is shown in stunning detail. Through a journalistic lens, this story sheds an entirely new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.… Expand

Director: Tylor Norwood

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 77 min

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Josiah Teal

Sep 8, 2020

Like any great Robin Williams film, Robin’s Wish has moments of joy, nostalgia, heartbreak, and, most of all, hope. Read full review

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Joe Morgenstern

Aug 27, 2020

The film also offers a portrait in unfathomable courage. It’s a horror story shackled to a hero’s journey in which a man with a surpassingly fertile mind feels himself — his deepest, essential self — coming inexorably, inexplicably undone. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Sep 2, 2020

A documentary that’s honest and scary, wrenching and moving. Read full review

Movie Nation Roger Moore

Aug 25, 2020

Zeroing in on Robin’s disease, his decline and what she and a few others close to him observed, with plenty of medical explanations, make this brief film feel complete, in its own way. What they’ve made is a solid, medically sound and emotional final chapter in a life that touched many, one that deserves to be remembered for how he really lived and what truly caused his death. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

Sep 1, 2020

As potentially valuable as Robin’s Wish is for illuminating Williams’s death — initial reports noted his past struggles with addiction and depression — it is more affecting and appealing as a tribute. Stories of Williams as a matchless improviser, an unpretentious neighbor and a man who had a gift for consoling others suggest the world lost not just an uproarious presence but a kind one. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Sep 1, 2020

Although Robin's Wish is ultimately unwilling or unable to really grapple with the emotions of the people left behind after suicide, it is a compassionate film that will bring information about Williams' condition to a wide audience. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Sep 3, 2020

The heartbreaking aspect of Robin's Wish lies in the fact that Williams died without knowing what was happening to him, while there's uplift in Schneider Williams' determination to set the record straight. How well that works translating that specific mission into a stand-alone documentary is, to some extent, another matter. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Sep 3, 2022

This is understandably a sad and sobering watch but I felt it was well made - informative, respectful and it features numerous clips of Robin's comic routines and clips of him in films. It features people who knew him well, including his widow, speaking about their memories of him. It alsoThis is understandably a sad and sobering watch but I felt it was well made - informative, respectful and it features numerous clips of Robin's comic routines and clips of him in films. It features people who knew him well, including his widow, speaking about their memories of him. It also features healthcare professionals talking about lewy body dementia, which is what Robin had (without knowing at the time). It's an insightful documentary film which I would recommend, yes.… Expand

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JLuis_001

Sep 16, 2020

Personally, I'm not the kind of person who's interested in the private life of an artist, which is why I can get past the notorious lack of depth in this documentary but we also have to be honest, I don't think there is a documentary that can do justice to Robin Williams, however, despitePersonally, I'm not the kind of person who's interested in the private life of an artist, which is why I can get past the notorious lack of depth in this documentary but we also have to be honest, I don't think there is a documentary that can do justice to Robin Williams, however, despite its deficiencies, it did not seem like a waste to me.… Expand

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