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Critic Reviews
Nov 3, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The documentary does an excellent job of telling the story of Spector’s music career — economically but with sufficient context, and soundtracking, to understand both the textured quality of his music and the hell his performers went through to achieve it. ... But it’s in the parallel telling of Spector’s and Clarkson’s stories that “Spector” distinguishes itself within its genre. ... “Spector” corrects the record, not by inflating Clarkson’s work, but by illustrating the person that she was, in intriguing and moving counterpoint to her convicted killer. ... Viewers will not come to love Phil Spector, and that’s not the goal here. But will certainly know him.
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The GuardianJan 9, 2023
Season 1 Review:
The trial is examined with a fine-tooth comb, as is its broader context. ... It speaks to what makes this documentary so compelling: a refusal to diminish Clarkson’s value, plus a determination to sit in grief with those who love and miss her, and to define her as more than just a stain on Spector’s legacy.
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Nov 3, 2022
Season 1 Review:
Phil Spector provides another cautionary tale about legacy – and what will lead one’s obituary – thanks to the four-part “Spector,” which seeks contextualize the producer’s musical genius in order to emphasize his erratic behavior and eventual murder conviction. Perhaps most notably, this Showtime docuseries gives near-equal time to victim Lana Clarkson, including how the media posthumously denigrated her.
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Nov 6, 2022
Season 1 Review:
The documentary is awash in questionable decisions that left me scratching my head instead of wanting to engage with any of the challenges in its portrait. There are weird aesthetic choices, limitations of structure and drawbacks to the self-selecting talking heads. Plus I’d argue that the choice of how to end the documentary undermines almost everything that came before.
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