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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 05 Jan 2018

A documentary that follows Lamarr's tumultuous life, tracking a life in which her beauty served to obscure her brains, although her brains persevered…

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By Richard Whittaker (567) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 21 Dec 2017

If the storytelling technique is a little prosaic, the subject matter is more than sufficiently engrossing…

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Review of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)

By Harvey S. Karten (2,210) for Shockya.com (657) on 14 Dec 2017

The film evokes sadness as we watch Hedy Lamarr, once considered the world's most beautiful woman, give up a chance to make big money on her…

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By Loren King (177) for Newport This Week (RI) (54) on 13 Dec 2017

Bombshell finally gives us the complete picture of this complex woman. It is as eye-opening as it is bittersweet…

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By Bob Strauss (787) for Los Angeles Daily News (1,272) on 08 Dec 2017

There are Hollywood biographies, then there are fascinating lives…

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Review of Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (2018)

By K Z (6) on 04 Dec 2017

A powerful and time appropriate documentary on a complex woman, famous for her looks, unrecognized for her scientific mind, struggling to fight…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue (704) on 01 Dec 2017

Even for those familiar with its subject, the film is compelling and insightful…

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By Mary F (190) on 29 Nov 2017

Fascinating, well-told story about this famous movie star who is far more complex than history documents…

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By Lee Jutton (73) for Film Inquiry (1,269) on 28 Nov 2017

Knowing how much else Lamarr had to offer, and how little the world cared about it, saddened and infuriated me…

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By Danielle Solzman (397) for Solzy at the Movies (339) on 26 Nov 2017

Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story celebrates the life of the actress-turned-inventor and helps to set the record straight…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original Cin (1,156) on 26 Nov 2017

A well-paced if conventional mixture of archival clips, talking-head interviews with historians, biographers, children and friends…

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By Gayle Macdonald (21) for Globe and Mail (2,419) on 24 Nov 2017

Never taken seriously in her lifetime – and manipulated by powerful men like studio mogul Louis B. Mayer (sound familiar…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for New York Times (5,786) on 24 Nov 2017

Ms…

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By David Noh (869) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 22 Nov 2017

Completely absorbing and well-researched documentary…

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By Chuck Wilson (418) for Village Voice (8,525) on 21 Nov 2017

Recognition (and compensation) proved elusive in Lamarr’s lifetime, but in this marvelous documentary, a brilliant woman — “I’m a very…

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By Michael F (1,296) on 18 Nov 2017

I was unexpectedly stunned, wooed, and encouraged by this story…

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By Kira B (18) on 13 Nov 2017

A fascinating story, cleverly told. I was gripped! Highly recommended…

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By Private U (13,627) on 13 Nov 2017

A fascinating story, cleverly told. I was gripped! Highly recommended…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Ex-Press.com (333) on 28 Oct 2017

Dean resurrects Lamarr's whole person without false moments or awkward fawning. The honesty makes the tragedy of her story linger…

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By Craig Mathieson (459) for The Sunday Age (488) on 21 Oct 2017

Heard through lively 1990 interviews, Lamarr describes a career that objectified her and a brilliance that wasn't recognised, let alone rewarded,…

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