The Oscar winner uses interviews, movie clips and a tremendous amount of access to tell Fox's story, from entertainment superstar to Parkinson's advocate, in this Apple TV+ documentary.
, premiering at the Sundance Film Festival. Director Davis Guggenheim is married to Fox’s ’80s co-star Elisabeth Shue, and whether that gives him a direct connection to Fox or just a direct understanding of a certain kind of whirlwind ’80s celebrity, the result is easily the Oscar winner’s best film.
“Distinctive style” is never a thing I’ve previously associated with Guggenheim , but there are aspects of the director’s touch here that are inspired and border on experimental, or at least resemble the sort of narrative collage you might expect more from a filmmaker like Rodney Ascher (aims to capture Fox’s life as something of a blur.
Guggenheim sits with Fox for long interview sessions, chats in which the actor breaks down his autobiography in terms familiar from his multiple memoirs. But it’s notable how much of the best material incomes from what might have otherwise been behind-the-scenes footage.
When it comes to Fox’s health, Guggenheim asks roughly the questions viewers at home will have, and even when there’s real gravity to the topics being discussed — starting with the inevitable “Why do this documentary NOW?” query — their humorous rapport at least spaces out the inevitable tears.
Guggenheim, editor Michael Harte and the archival team illustrate Fox’s biography with a canny blending of voiceover, staged reenactments and clips from Fox’s work and his various TV and red carpet appearances, though not in the way you might imagine. Excerpts fromare used to illustrate parts of Fox’s early struggles to get his professional footing, while
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