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Critic Reviews
Movie NationOct 19, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Scorsese and Spielberg were the great exemplars of the “film school generation” of “New Hollywood” directors. As “name” directors all but vanish from business model (Ari Aster is the youngest filmmaker interviewed here), “Mr. Scorsese” stands as a five part monument to the auteur theory of filmmakers, and why in his case, it’s the only explanation for his art that we need.
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The TimesOct 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Spielberg says that his friend is nothing less than “a cornerstone of this entire art form”. In a glossier Netflix-style puff piece this statement might seem like one more slab of branded guff. But here, in the context of an unflinching yet ultimately loving exploration, it lands with unassailable truth.
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Oct 17, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Mr. Scorsese is an eye-opening and deeply moving viewing experience, one that had me crying within the first three minutes of the premiere episode. .... The docuseries is so successful in hitting these points that I wanted to see more of the connections Miller was making.
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RogerEbert.comOct 16, 2025
Oct 17, 2025
Season 1 Review:
"Mr. Scorsese” is, like most documentaries about great artists, a deep, well-researched appreciation, even if it isn’t a mash note. Miller honors her subject by addressing his flaws frankly, cinematically reinforcing them such that they become undeniable and, in the end, withholding judgment.
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Oct 17, 2025
Season 1 Review:
We run the risk of praising Marty and not how entertaining Mr. Scorsese is, with its murderer’s row of talking heads, reiterations of bits familiar to cinephiles and smart analytical revelations – and inevitably will be in future installments. .... Probably should be 10 hours. At least.
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Oct 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Miller is far more interested in examining the roots of Scorsese’s genius rather than celebrating its breadth. Behind-the-scenes anecdotes and insights from Scorsese’s longtime collaborators — Schoonmaker, De Niro, Pileggi and, later, DiCaprio — as well as surprising interviews with the aging tough guy who was the inspiration for “Mean Streets’” Johnny Boy and, of course, Mom’s meatball-making scene, more than make up for any gaps in the canon.
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Screen RantOct 14, 2025
Season 1 Review:
Mr. Scorsese isn’t a particularly groundbreaking documentary, and in fact, the biggest criticism you can level against it is how by-the-numbers it is. What’s included is the sort of material you’d expect of a documentary about the filmmaker – new interviews, old clips, archival footage. But what a treasure trove of material it is.
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The GuardianOct 16, 2025
Season 1 Review:
The first few episodes are rich and packed with information, but we’re still stuck in the 1990s by the end of the fourth episode. That leaves just a single hour to clatter through a quarter-century of his work. .... In other words, the definitive Martin Scorsese documentary remains unmade. But if you have a love of film and five spare hours, you could do much worse.
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