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Love, Gilda

Released Sep 21, 2018 1h 26m Documentary TRAILER for List
89% Tomatometer 90 Reviews 81% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on "Saturday Night Live."
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Love, Gilda pays gentle, unequivocal tribute to its subject with more than enough of her genuine spirit to compensate for a lack of critical distance or truly fresh insight.

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Leah Pickett Chicago Reader It's Radner's voice-especially when describing her struggles with food, fame, and men-that shines brightest. Nov 1, 2018 Full Review Matt Zoller Seitz RogerEbert.com It's such an altogether perceptive work of both biography and criticism, and so thoroughly researched, that it's a shame that its more inventive gambits don't pan out. Rated: 3/4 Sep 28, 2018 Full Review Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times There's just too much Gilda greatness - on and off camera - to be contained in an 86-minute box. Rated: 3.5/4 Sep 25, 2018 Full Review Brian Eggert Deep Focus Review D'Apolito presents a straightforward biographical documentary with Love, Gilda. She at once mourns the loss of an effervescent life cut short by a cruel disease, and she suggests that Gilda lived her life to the fullest. Rated: 3/4 Mar 11, 2022 Full Review Kip Mooney Fresh Fiction While it's no insult to her memory, a talent such as Gilda's deserves a little bit more. Rated: B- Aug 10, 2021 Full Review Matt Cipolla Film Monthly Dapolito's feature debut grants little more than baseline insight on an icon, coasting on the enchantment of its subject and falling victim to fickle structure and pacing. Rated: 2.5/5 Jul 25, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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John B I thought it was a great look at one of the most iconic stars on SNL and the life that she had as an actress before the tragic news of Cancer got her. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/21/23 Full Review Audience Member This is an amazingly well done movie and most of it is in Gilda's voice so it's like she's telling you her story. Lots of interviews with people she worked with and I learned so much about her. It's not a comedy film by any means; it's more of a documentary, but I really enjoyed it. And I love that it didn't end the way I expected it to end. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member I laughed I cried. I remembered how much I loved Gilda. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/07/23 Full Review Audience Member sorry I wasn't convinced she was very talented at all. she might have been just very charming and enthusiastic, but that doesn't make a good base for an interesting documentary... Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This was a sad docu. about Gilda Radner they showed a lot of her movie and SNL stuff. Celebrities talk about her life and the extra features are hard to watch as they show her struggle with cancer. I cried and thought it was a good docu. of her and her life. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/16/23 Full Review Audience Member As a longtime superfan, this movie quenched my thirst for more footage of Gilda, but it lacked depth in some important areas. I would've liked to know more about her relationship with her mom, who fed her Dexedrine to lose weight at age 10 & handed her off to a nanny to serve as her mother figure. She suffered from "every eating disorder known to man" from the age of 9 to 35, yet this part is only touched on briefly in the film. And the illegal abortion that rendered her infertile was skimmed over in one sentence. Did she ever partake in any substances backstage at SNL with her cast mates? Don't know. The documentary doesn't say. But the part that was most neglected was the 10 months leading up to her cancer diagnosis. This is the crucial period because it ultimately led to her demise. Gilda fought to have her symptoms taken seriously, seeing doctor after doctor only to be patted on the head & told to "relax" as if she were merely a neurotic woman. If she'd have been taken seriously from the beginning & given the proper tests, her life could've been saved...or at least significantly prolonged. I felt as if Gilda (and Gene) were screaming from the grave to include some basic ovarian cancer info in this doc, but not a single word was uttered about it. Nothing that could help prevent another tragedy or encourage survivors. I get that it's a doc about Gilda the person and cancer was only a part of her journey, but it was a significant part. She'd lost several family members to the disease & feared it all her life only to die of it at 42. She even wrote a best-selling book about it. So I felt it deserved more airtime than it got. Beyond that, the movie was full of heartfelt & hilarious footage. I even watched it twice because I love Gilda that much. Grateful it was made. She deserves remembrance. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/09/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Diaries, audiotapes, videotapes and testimonies from friends and colleagues offer insight into the life and career of Gilda Radner -- the beloved comic and actress who became an icon on "Saturday Night Live."
Director
Lisa Dapolito
Producer
Lisa Dapolito, Bronwyn Berry, Meryl Goldsmith, James Tumminia
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures, CNN Films
Production Co
3 Faces Films, Motto Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 21, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 25, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$624.2K
Runtime
1h 26m
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