Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind is a 2018 American documentary film directed by Marina Zenovich, celebrating the life and career of comedian Robin Williams, who died in 2014.[1][2] An HBO production, it features interviews with Whoopi Goldberg, David Letterman, Billy Crystal, among others. It also includes outtakes and little known clips from Williams' stand-up routines.[3][4][5]

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind
Directed byMarina Zenovich
Produced by
Starring
Music byAdam Dorn
Cinematography
  • Nick Higgins
  • Jenna Rosher
  • Thorsten Thielow
  • Wolfgang Held
Edited by
  • Greg Finton
  • Poppy Das
Production
company
Distributed byJigsaw Productions
Release date
  • July 16, 2018 (2018-07-16) (HBO)
Running time
117 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The film played six sell-out screenings at the Sundance Film Festival in 2018.[5] It was also screened at the Nantucket Film Festival[6] and had a first HBO broadcast on July 16, 2018.[7][8] That same summer, the documentary was shown at the Hamptons International Film Festival SummerDocs. A discussion with Zenovich and Q&A host Alec Baldwin followed the Hamptons screening.[4][9][2]

Reception

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 95% based on 42 reviews, with an average rating of 7.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind offers a poignant -- albeit tantalizingly incomplete -- peek behind the curtain of a brilliant performer's tragically curtailed life and career."[10] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[11]

Variety described the film as being "sharp-edged, humane, and deeply researched enough to take you closer to the manic engine of Williams' brilliance and pain".[5]

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References
  1. Carras, Christi (28 June 2018). "Billy Crystal, Filmmakers Remember Robin Williams at 'Come Inside My Mind' Premiere".
  2. "Director Of Robin Williams Doc Will Present Film At Guild Hall On June 29 - East Hampton Village".
  3. "HBO's 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind' Reveals the Troubled Soul of a Comic Genius". 6 July 2018.
  4. "Marina Zenovich on 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind'". 26 June 2018.
  5. Gleiberman, Owen (20 January 2018). "Sundance Film Review: 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind'".
  6. Mirror, The Inquirer and. "Comedy "Boundaries" to open 2018 Nantucket Film Festival".
  7. Gleiberman, Owen (2018-01-20). "Sundance Film Review: 'Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind'". Variety. Retrieved 2018-03-13.
  8. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind". HBO.
  9. "SummerDocs". hamptonsfilmfest.org.
  10. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  11. "Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
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