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By Richard Roeper (2,737) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 17 May 2017

You might think a documentary about the obituary writers at the New York Times would be a depressing, sobering, scholarly work — but it’s…

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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 Gary Thompson (1,554) for Philadelphia Daily News (1,596) on 17 May 2017

Obit makes the point, through its subjects, that obituaries are not as downbeat as their reputation…

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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 Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 17 May 2017

Vanessa Gould’s charming and soulful documentary Obit should convince the doubters and cheer those who already know…

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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 Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 16 May 2017

An extraordinary account of what makes the New York Times's obituaries so special, complete with pearls of wisdom on good writing and how to…

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By Matt C (2,668) on 13 May 2017

Certainly a niche-within-a-niche film…

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By Leslie Katz (26) for San Francisco Examiner (1,621) on 11 May 2017

The engaging documentary by Vanessa Gould showcases the experienced, intrepid and sensitive writers who do their best to do right by the people…

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By Jane Horwitz (44) for Washington Post (9,851) on 10 May 2017

It is fascinating to watch the writers in “Obit” strive to do right by their subjects, warts and all…

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By Sherilyn Connelly (422) for SF Weekly (560) on 10 May 2017

Obit's stealth hero is Jeff Roth, keeper of the Times' archive of clippings and photographs…

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By David Lewis (299) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 09 May 2017

The highly enjoyable documentary Obit finally gives credit to the storytellers who bring people to life one last time…

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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 09 May 2017

Gould's surprisingly entertaining doc introduces us to what must be the best-staffed obit department in the country…

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By Elias Savada (386) for Film International (130) on 04 May 2017

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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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 Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for TIME Magazine (1,130) on 03 May 2017

Writing an evocative, compact, accurate obituary is an art, and Vanessa Gould's joyous documentary Obit takes us on a tour of the joint where…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 03 May 2017

The people brought to life here, using a combination of the written obituary and news clips, are a varied and fascinating bunch…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for The Daily Beast (380) on 03 May 2017

A fascinating look at the way in which these memorials function as not only tributes to fascinating, influential, idiosyncratic lives, but…

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By Andy Crump (279) for Paste Magazine (2,906) on 26 Apr 2017

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 Edward Douglas (1,395) for The Weekend Warrior (71) on 26 Apr 2017

An intensive look inside the way one of the country's most prestigious newspapers works…

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