Movie
United States of America
English
Documentary
2024
LAURENT BOUZEREAU
Arthur Penn, Barbet Schroeder, Barry Primus
91 min
7.0
The Staff
TLDR
For fans, this is the redemptive coverage they’ve been waiting for their idol.
What it's about
Director Laurent Bouzereau interviews the legendary Faye Dunaway as they recall the highs and lows of her personal life and storied career.
The take
It makes sense that a documentary about Faye Dunaway doubles as a documentary about the best of late 20th-century cinema. Dunaway, after all, has starred in many defining films, including Bonnie & Clyde, Chinatown, and Network, the latter of which won her an Oscar. But there are times when it feels like the documentary equates Dunaway to her career, and we get way too many clips of these admittedly great films, as opposed to more intimate slices of Dunaway’s life. Still, it’s heartwarming to see Dunaway take control of her narrative after falling victim to the press’ relentless defamation of the star. Yes, she’s difficult and a diva, she admits that many times in the documentary. But she’s also a fastidious hard worker—someone’s gotta be, or else they wouldn’t come up with the classics that we have now.
What stands out
Faye herself, who as her son puts it, is very much all her characters.
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