Robin's Wish

Robin's Wish is a 2020 American documentary film directed by Tylor Norwood.[1] The film offers a look into the life and final days of Robin Williams, and how his struggles with diffuse Lewy body disease impacted his acting career and contributed to his death by suicide.[2] The film was produced by Ben Sinclair, executive produced by physician and journalist, Shoshana R. Ungerleider and released digitally and on-demand on September 1, 2020.[3]

Robin's Wish
Promotional poster
Directed byTylor Norwood
Produced by
Music byAaron Drake
CinematographyTylor Norwood
Edited byScott Fitzloff
Production
company
Quotable Pictures
Distributed byVertical Entertainment
Release date
  • September 1, 2020 (2020-09-01)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Background

Robin Williams' widow, Susan Schneider Williams, chose the film's title, and approached director Tylor Norwood to make the film. Initially resistant, Norwood said he wanted to help people "understand the pain [Williams] felt as his talents and faculties rapidly slipped away" and he hopes the film "rights a wrong that was done to him, and takes away a cloud that has unjustly hung over his legacy for far too long."[4] Interviews include Susan Williams and Shawn Levy (who directed Williams in the Night at the Museum series), as well as John R. Montgomery and David E. Kelley, who both worked with Williams on the TV series The Crazy Ones.[5]

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 89%, based on 57 reviews, with an average rating of 7.30/10. The site's critics consensus reads: "Robin's Wish offers an emotional look at the end of a life suddenly cut short—and pays warm tribute to the brilliant legacy that was left behind."[6] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[7]

Frank Scheck of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "a moving coda to a life ended much too soon" and wrote: "Robin's Wish suffers at times from its lack of objectivity. Williams' widow is clearly the project's driving force, with much of the story told from her perspective (his children, on the other hand, are not heard from at all). Nonetheless, the film, which incorporates testimony from several medical experts, fully succeeds in its admirable goal of using Williams' story to shed light on a disease with which many people were previously unfamiliar."[8]

References
  1. "Robin Williams' Struggles on Final Film Set Detailed by His Director". Entertainment Tonight. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  2. "Robin Williams' Final Days Revealed in Touching New Documentary Robin's Wish". PEOPLE.com. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  3. White, Abbey (August 11, 2020). "'Robin's Wish' Trailer: Doc Details Robin Williams' Final Days". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 21, 2020.
  4. Trenholm, Richard. "Robin Williams documentary reveals the 'roller coaster of hope and despair' of his final days". CNET. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
  5. "All In: The Fight For Democracy' Makes Timely Debut, 'Robin's Wish' Puts Emotional Spotlight On Robin Williams – Specialty Streaming Preview". Deadline Hollywood. September 4, 2020.
  6. "Robin's Wish (2020)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
  7. "Robin's Wish Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved September 19, 2020.
  8. Frank Scheck (August 31, 2020). "'Robin's Wish': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
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