Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me
February 2014
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Tom Long
"Elaine Stritch" is filled with bluster and memories, blunt outbursts and funny moments. But more importantly, it is filled with honesty.
Michael O'Sullivan
Elaine Stritch's strength, along with the film's, comes from her honesty. She is herself, even when - maybe especially when - she knows she's being watched.
Colin Covert
What a tough, difficult, talented old broad.
Mick LaSalle
Really, the experience of "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" is the experience of being in Stritch's company for 80 minutes, and that's fine. Still I doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it were...
Joe Williams
By the end, even those who had never heard of Stritch can share her rage against the dying of the light.
Peter Rainer
An enjoyably fawning documentary.
Critic reviews
Tom Long
"Elaine Stritch" is filled with bluster and memories, blunt outbursts and funny moments. But more importantly, it is filled with honesty.
Michael O'Sullivan
Elaine Stritch's strength, along with the film's, comes from her honesty. She is herself, even when - maybe especially when - she knows she's being watched.
Mick LaSalle
Really, the experience of "Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me" is the experience of being in Stritch's company for 80 minutes, and that's fine. Still I doubt anyone will walk out of this film wishing it were...
Joe Williams
By the end, even those who had never heard of Stritch can share her rage against the dying of the light.
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