The read
A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.8/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%, Metacritic 93/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 91% of the 2,377 2020s documentary movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
The death of his son causes McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, to look back on his life’s work. He eventually turns to his archive of home movies. To what extent did his camera affect their relationship when Adrian was alive? To what extent does it define that relationship now that he is gone? Meanwhile, an effort to adapt McElwee’s first feature, Sherman’s March, into a work of fiction lurches along, giving the filmmaker another perspective from which to meditate on movie making and mortality.
Ratings
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
Key crew
- Ross McElweeDirector
Cast
- Ross McElweeSelf
- Adrian McElweeSelf
- Charleen SwanseaSelf