Robin's Wish
Vertical Entertainment | Release Date (Streaming): September 1, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
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4
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Film ThreatJosiah TealSep 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
100
Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternAug 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
90
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 2, 2020
A documentary that’s honest and scary, wrenching and moving. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckSep 1, 2020
Robin's Wish proves both emotionally harrowing and cathartic. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSep 2, 2020
Robin’s Wish, of course, can’t lessen the tragedy of Williams’ death, but it helps us better reconcile the suicide of such a joyous, irrepressible soul. Read full review
75
The Film StageJake Kring-SchreifelsSep 1, 2020
The primary goal and achievement of Robin’s Wish is spotlighting the confounding nature of Williams’ disorder and the deeper need for mental health awareness. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreAug 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
70
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergSep 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
63
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzSep 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
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