Sr.

Name: Sr.
Genre: Documentary
Released: November 18, 2022
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Alan Arkin, Lawrence Wolf, Mezi Atwood, Norman Lear, Paul Thomas Anderson

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): November 18, 2022 | Not Rated

Starring: Alan Arkin, Lawrence Wolf, Mezi Atwood, Norman Lear, Paul Thomas Anderson, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Downey Sr., Sean Hayes

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Streaming on Netflix beginning December 2, 2022.

Summary: Follow the tender but appropriately irreverent account of the life and career of Robert Downey, Sr., the fearless and visionary American director who set the standard for countercultural comedy in the 1960s and 1960s.

Director: Chris Smith

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 89 min

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Martin Carr

Dec 5, 2022

A film which shows how cinema can bring people together, bond generations over a common interest and capture something timeless along the way. Read full review

The Film Stage Michael Frank

Oct 18, 2022

Sr. is sweet and tender, never playing as a dolled-up version of this relationship; it instead depicts a trueness in this bond, a warmth that has existed all of their lives. The sounds that echo after the film ends are the Downeys laughing together––about dumb stuff, about film references, about the past, about their present, about anything and everything. Read full review

Collider Emily Bernard

Dec 8, 2022

This deeply personal project for Junior is wildly unpredictable, not unlike Senior's approach to storytelling. Not only does this make it more captivating, but realistic. Sr. is aesthetically polished, but Smith and Junior are, like all of us, messy in their unique way. Read full review

Stephen Farber

Sep 28, 2022

Perhaps inevitably, the film moves toward a deeply poignant conclusion, but there are enough rambunctious and slightly zonked-out moments to provide a vivid, full-blooded portrait. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Dec 1, 2022

This is a tender tribute. Read full review

Alex Saveliev

Nov 10, 2022

As it progresses – and Smith cunningly makes it feel like the film attains a life of its own, guided not by directorial hands but by fate itself – Sr. becomes a touching ode to a formidable individual whose countercultural comedies influenced generations of filmmakers. Read full review

Siddhant Adlakha

Oct 17, 2022

While it’s hard not to be moved by footage of Robert Downey’s final days, the film is more informative than emotional. It contains hints of an intimate story, but mostly flattens a strange and exotic career into a series of light observations. Read full review

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Roach87

Dec 28, 2022

Heck yeah. Came here for an emotional, inspirational story and that's exactly what I got from my guy, Robert Downey Jr. Glad he had the chance to make this movie about his dad. Really heartfelt.