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A Balasaur Score of 82 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.4/10, Rotten Tomatoes 99%, Metacritic 89/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 84% of the 2,377 2020s documentary movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 29m. Streaming on Netflix.
Synopsis
With this inventive portrait, director Kirsten Johnson seeks a way to keep her 86-year-old father alive forever. Utilizing moviemaking magic and her family’s dark humor, she celebrates Dr. Dick Johnson’s last years by staging fantasies of death and beyond. Together, dad and daughter confront the great inevitability awaiting us all.
Ratings
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
148 audience votes
Key crew
- Kirsten JohnsonDirector
- Nels BangerterWriter
- Kirsten JohnsonWriter
Cast
- Richard JohnsonSelf
- Kirsten JohnsonSelf
- Isla SierckSelf
- Jed SierckSelf
- Felix TorresSelf
- Viva TorresSelf
- Raymond DamazoSelf
- Michael HilowSelf
- Michael MeltonSelf
- Joanne Reiner TuckerSelf
- Ken TuckerSelf
- Laurie McEwanSelf
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