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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life
Film poster
Directed byRob Reiner
Produced byMatthew George, Rob Reiner, Michele Reiner
CinematographyBarry Markowitz
Rocker Meadows
Edited byBob Joyce
Music byMarc Shaiman
Production
companies
Distributed byMax
Release date
  • 26 October 2023 (2023-10-26) (AFI Fest)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Albert Brooks: Defending My Life is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Rob Reiner. It is a tribute to the American actor, comedian, film director, and screenwriter Albert Brooks.[1] In addition to directing the film, Reiner also interviews Brooks, revealing the two have been best friends since meeting at Beverly Hills High School. Much of the documentary is a conversation between Brooks and Reiner, who have been friends for nearly 60 years.[2] The film follows the life of Brooks from his early childhood in a showbiz family through his years in the industry.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 97% of 32 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.3/10. The website's consensus reads: "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life offers an engrossing and suitably funny overview of its subject's career -- and one that'll leave you wanting to watch more of his work."[3] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 74 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[4]

Matt Zoller Seitz of RogerEbert.com gave the film three and a half out of four stars and wrote, "This film will be a treat for anyone who loves any part of Brooks' career, or all of it. And its subject is so fascinating and open-hearted that one can imagine people who've never heard his name until now getting something out of it, too."[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Seitz, Matt Zoller (10 November 2023). "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ Fienberg, Daniel (26 October 2023). "'Albert Brooks: Defending My Life' Review: Rob Reiner's Delightful HBO Doc Tribute Leaves You Wanting More". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Albert Brooks: Defending My Life". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 February 2024.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Brooks:_Defending_My_Life