Review of Obit (2017) by Ken C — 10 Oct 2016

Solidly made, informative, interesting, & entertaining.

This review of Obit (2017) was written by Ken C on 10 Oct 2016.

Obit has generally received positive reviews.

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Obit is exactly that, lively, a nimbly made movie that benefits from its subjects' inherent appeal, as well as their profound sense of compassion…

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By Glenn Dunks (375) for Film Experience (395) on 19 Jul 2017

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By Michael Sragow (1,413) for Film Comment Magazine (842) on 04 May 2017

Vanessa Gould's brisk, affectionate documentary Obit suggests that obituary writing as practiced by the ace team at The New York Times could…

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By Mark Dujsik (2,093) for Mark Reviews Movies (2,037) on 17 May 2017

[T]he film is, despite the protests of its subjects, about death…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Movie Nation (3,875) on 20 Apr 2017

Gould creates a fascinating portrait of the work and the patient, harried and detail-oriented folks who do it…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 May 2017

Obit wraps up with a simple, wry statement by one of the NYT obit writers: There's nothing you can do about dying, by the way…

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By Robert Denerstein (1,148) for Denerstein Unleashed (254) on 29 Aug 2017

If you're an avid newspaper reader, you won't want to miss this informative and entertaining documentary…

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By Matthew Lickona (530) for San Diego Reader (713) on 17 May 2017

The real subject here is storytelling, the creation of a stylish, authoritative, highly personal record of how the world got to be the way…

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By Rick B (354) on 09 Jul 2017

A true gem! A film about life and the art of storytelling…

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This is an excellent little film about the poetry and eloquence that a big New York City landmark finds in writing about the dead…

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