Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015) by Scott C — 19 Nov 2016

Extremely revealing doc about a typically neurotic filmmaker.

This review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015) was written by Scott C on 19 Nov 2016.

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn has generally received positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Chase Whale (135) for ChaseWhale.com (27) on 26 Feb 2015

The pulverizing My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn has given me a newfound respect for Only God Forgives…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Morgan Rojas (191) for Cinemacy (191) on 08 Nov 2018

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is an artist's tale of growth and development, and this documentary is refreshing proof that no one…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 27 Feb 2015

I walked away from My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn having enjoyed the time spent with Refn, his family, and Ryan Gosling, but without…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 29 Apr 2015

A revealing and bluntly honest portrait of a previously unknown filmmaker…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Anton Bitel (1,340) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 04 Mar 2015

It is shot by Refn's wife, Liv Corfixen, as a sort of home (away from home) movie, focused far less on Refn's shoot than on her own at times…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Katie Rife (451) for AV Club (2,778) on 26 Feb 2015

My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn, Liv Corfixen’s behind-the-scenes look at the production of Only God Forgives, has a clear precedent…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Emilia O (5) on 04 Jul 2015

This was actually pretty fascinating. Maybe not as entertaining, but still interesting to watch…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Isaac Feldberg (119) for We Got This Covered (2,391) on 25 Feb 2015

Brief but insightful, My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn is a compelling account of a modern auteur struggling to commit his ambitious…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Nick Schager (2,294) for Film Journal International (5,095) on 24 Feb 2015

Behind-the-scenes portraits don't come much more superficial than My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn…

Read Review

Review of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn (2015)

By Mallory Andrews (58) for Movie Mezzanine (782) on 26 Feb 2015

Clocking in at just under an hour, the substance of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is fleeting but fascinating…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Jesus Camp (2006)

By Jess B (231) on 29 Aug 2009

This doc was not good, it just focussed on one group of Christians and it was depressing to see how these kids were at the verge of being brainwashed…

Read Review

Review of Dig! (2004)

By Jules Brenner (885) for Cinema Signals (847) on 06 Apr 2005

A messy home movie about the competition between two overindulged rock bands. Much angst. Little talent…

Read Review

Review of This Is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (2017)

By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Feb 2017

This glossy doc uncovers very little conflict or depth in a personality more colorful than it is interesting, at least as presented here…

Read Review

Review of Approaching the Elephant (2015)

By Nicolas Rapold (488) for The New York Times (9,847) on 19 Feb 2015

Ms. Wilder, in her debut feature, riskily opts to leave much of the children’s educational activity fairly vague…

Read Review

Review of 500 Years (2017)

By Ken Jaworowski (128) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Jul 2017

Heavy with emotion yet light on information, 500 Years has the curious effect of being both passionate and pale…

Read Review

Review of Whose Streets? (2017)

By Warren C (123) on 11 Aug 2017

Lots of misleading information that only helps to promote an unfounded hysteria in this country…

Read Review

Review of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (2017)

By Scott Marks (172) for San Diego Reader (713) on 31 Aug 2017

What we have here is less an exploration of personal artistry than an entry-level history lesson…

Read Review

Review of Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (2017)

By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 05 Oct 2017

As with other surfing documentaries, this portrait of the legendary big-wave daredevil has its best moments on the water…

Read Review

Review of Trophy (2017)

By Simran Hans (401) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 19 Nov 2017

The film gives voice to the commercial case for breeding and hunting, which feels at odds with the emotive way these kills are positioned…

Read Review

Review of In the Realms of the Unreal (2004)

By Butch H (108) on 06 Sep 2008

Started to watch this and it was so irritating in the way it was made I gave it ten minutes to improve. It didn't…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Barbie

2023

68%382 Reviews

Inside Out

2015

86%1,276 Reviews

Deadpool 2

2018

76%1,635 Reviews

Ready Player One

2018

72%1,541 Reviews

Where the Crawdads Sing

2022

63%92 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

2023

85%233 Reviews

Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

2014

79%1,167 Reviews

Gone Girl

2014

81%1,229 Reviews

A Simple Favor

2018

69%617 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn

2015

61%18 Reviews

Deliver Us from Evil

2009

75%514 Reviews

The Quiet American

2002

75%321 Reviews

The Lone Ranger

2013

55%1,085 Reviews

Outlaw

2007

52%442 Reviews

Crown Heights

2017

67%85 Reviews

Starcrash

1978

39%114 Reviews

Wit

2001

79%306 Reviews

Tigerland

2000

65%444 Reviews

The Devil Commands

1941

60%7 Reviews