David Foster: Off the Record

2019

1h 37m

Documentary

Music

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78%

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9 Reviews

64%

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

A revealing and personal profile of Grammy Award-winning composer and producer David Foster.

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

While the doc might prove that [Foster's] approach worked, it's progressively tedious to revisit these hits through such a thick air of self-affirmation.

Rated: 1.5/4

Jul 3, 2020

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Owen Gleiberman

Variety

A once-over-lightly portrait that teeters between offering a fascinating close-up look at how the sausage of pop gets made and being a kind of infomercial.

Sep 19, 2019

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Brad Wheeler

Globe and Mail

Despite the film's laudatory tone, a portrait of Foster is competently painted by the veteran documentarian Avrich.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 8, 2019

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Mara Reinstein

Billboard

Arrogance and a self-congratulatory attitude permeates throughout David Foster: Off the Record, rendering the documentary almost impossible to glean any insight…

Jan 26, 2024

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CJ Johnson

Film Mafia

He's a self-confessed problematic individual, which the film somewhat embraces, but it's best enjoyed as a testament to an astonishing career.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 13, 2020

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Kyle Smith

National Review

Foster created the easiest of easy listening. Still, it takes an iron fist to generate so much fluff, as we learn in the amusingly frank documentary David Foster: Off the Record.

Jul 23, 2020

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StephenPaul C

The greatest 01 hour: and 37 minutes of real musical footage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/23/23

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Audience Member

Self-serving garbage. I would have respected Foster much more if I just saw his resume and never watched the documentary. Bleachhh.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/21/23

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Audience Member

Classic producer documentary...at the end of it, you might think he's Jesus, but alas, he just signs ACTUAL artists. Total snore fest. If you want to sleep, watch the Golf Channel.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

I enjoyed this documentary of a man who produced and or co-wrote so many great songs, with so many great artists. He's a flawed individual with an immense ego, but I appreciated that he acknowledged and owned up to these flaws in the documentary. He truly is one of the greatest producers of all-time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

He's got an ego, that's for sure. But I do own a lot of his records.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/01/23

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Audience Member

Five stars for the documentary but 2 stars for his arrogance and utter douchebaggery.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

07/08/20

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Synopsis

A revealing and personal profile of Grammy Award-winning composer and producer David Foster.

Director: Barry Avrich
Producer: Barry Avrich, Caitlin Cheddie
Production Co: Bell Media, Melbar Entertainment Group
Genre: Documentary, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Jul 2, 2020
Runtime: 1h 37m