Becoming Mike Nichols
HBO | Release Date: February 22, 2016
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 6 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
NewsdayVerne GayFeb 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: Pure joy and the tribute Nichols finally deserves. Read full review
80
Boston GlobeMatthew GilbertFeb 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: Becoming Mike Nichols will make you want to go back and rewatch Stevens’s gorgeous and definitely American film, but only after you’ve paid a nice, long visit to Nichols’s greatest hits. Read full review
80
Cleveland Plain DealerMark DawidziakFeb 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: The documentary not only is a moving tribute to the prolific director who died at 84, it's a reminder of what's too often missing from so much of television and pop culture--conversation... real, in-depth, smart, respectful, insightful conversation. Read full review
80
Denver PostJoanne OstrowFeb 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: It's a beautiful interview piece with archival photographs and clips that will inform any viewer's appreciation of the performing arts. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubBrandon NowalkFeb 22, 2016
Season 1 Review: Becoming Mike Nichols gets the job done. It finds a spine to Nichols’ directing, and it creates a desire to revisit his entire filmography. The movie itself isn’t much, a hands-off documentary that’s mainly a filmed stage performance, the performance being Nichols’ final interview over two nights and the stage being the site of An Evening With Mike Nichols And Elaine May. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoMar 9, 2016
Season 1 Review: Not only is it disappointingly short (72 minutes), but it feels choppily edited at times and O’Brien often misses the follow-up, allowing interesting discussions about directing and filmmaking by Nichols to go zipping by. The result is a film that’s packed with stories more than insight. Read full review
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