Spielberg
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 7, 2017
User Score
7.2

Generally favorable reviews- based on 22 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 22
  3. Negative: 1 out of 22

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  1. Dubeau
    Oct 11, 2017
    7
    A very good documentary, done with the narration and collaboration of Spielberg. So, in a way, approved by him. At some places a very emotional story told trough his movies. You get a good retrospective of his work...but not so much on his failures. But they are still there and told, just not in great details (acceptable in my view). The film feels a bit long after an hour 30 minutes, butA very good documentary, done with the narration and collaboration of Spielberg. So, in a way, approved by him. At some places a very emotional story told trough his movies. You get a good retrospective of his work...but not so much on his failures. But they are still there and told, just not in great details (acceptable in my view). The film feels a bit long after an hour 30 minutes, but then his amount of works is so large that it's hard not to talk about a bit of everything. If you are a fan, it totally worth. If not you will begin to know the man and his career...and the immense scope and impact he had in cinema. I give this a 75%.… Expand
  2. The3AcademySins
    Nov 15, 2017
    9
    Spielberg is an incredibly well-done and inspiring documentary about the life and work of Steven Spielberg. It is narrated by Spielberg and his family and colleagues, and the result is a very emotional, personal story about an epic career. I was riveted the whole time I watched the documentary, and I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to know about the world of film making.Spielberg is an incredibly well-done and inspiring documentary about the life and work of Steven Spielberg. It is narrated by Spielberg and his family and colleagues, and the result is a very emotional, personal story about an epic career. I was riveted the whole time I watched the documentary, and I highly recommend this movie to anyone who wants to know about the world of film making. The documentary is definitely a legacy story, so there will be some bias in favor of Spielberg, but ultimately this one is an enjoyable watch.… Expand
  3. JLuis_001
    Oct 14, 2017
    7
    For films lovers is mandatory, obviously if you're into knowing about the creators, beyond that, there isn't quite much. I mean it was pretty good but not as insightful as I thought it would be.
  4. HarryNuggets
    Jan 5, 2018
    5
    Mediocre documentary about a mediocre director. Sure, he's made a lot of big money movies. But compared to other directors of his generation, say Altman, Scorcese, early Coppola and De Palma he's nothing but a peddlar of banal tropes. Usually to the blaring brass of John Williams. An apologist for American exceptionalism with the mental sophistication of a ten year old.

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Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 12 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Sheri Linden
    Oct 12, 2017
    80
    It's the nearly 30 hours of interviews that Lacy conducted with her cheerfully self-reflective subject that give Spielberg its revelatory oomph and make it so memorable.
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  2. The Atlantic
    Reviewed by: David Sims
    Oct 10, 2017
    50
    What’s disappointing about Spielberg is that it does far less digging into the intriguing later acts of his career; it doesn’t strive to move past the mythos and into the mind of an iconic artist who continues to make bold, challenging work. Spielberg isn’t quite a hagiography, nor does it completely lack insight into the man who became such an unstoppable pop-cultural force in the 1970s. But it does feel like a story many cineastes will have heard before, with just a little more detail shaded in.
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  3. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
    Oct 9, 2017
    58
    It’s somewhat refreshing to see a stolid, workmanlike profile acknowledge artistic shortcomings, or even to hear the director himself admit to chickening out when it came to sex in his adaptation of The Color Purple. And yet, Spielberg is such a known quantity that one almost wishes that this documentary had a contrarian streak, or at least tried to defend commercial and critical failures like 1941.
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