81
Metascore
27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanIn Shoot Me, she wears her spiked cynicism like a cutting form of grace, and everyone around her (including audiences) gets healed by it.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyWhat makes this film such a warm and touching portrait is that it reveals a woman who, even at her lowest, never loses her sense of humor.
- 80VarietyScott FoundasVarietyScott FoundasKarasawa deftly orchestrates the sometimes hairpin tonal shifts, never veering towards the saccharine; if she did, Stritch would probably shoot her.
- 80Time OutKeith UhlichTime OutKeith UhlichThis is a life lived, perhaps not always well, but certainly to the fullest.
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlThe kind of movie fans will be quoting for the rest of their lives, Shoot Me, from director-producer Chiemi Karasawa, is as much a playdate as portrait, a jumble of salty highlights attesting to the pleasure of her company.
- 80The DissolveJen ChaneyThe DissolveJen ChaneyThanks to remarkable access to her subject, and a refusal to turn away during even the most personal moments, Karasawa has made something deeper: a portrait of Stritch just as the aging process is beginning to punch holes in her concrete dam of a personality.
- 75Slant MagazineKenji FujishimaSlant MagazineKenji FujishimaChiemi Karasawa's documentary is remarkable for its candor, but it's a brutal honesty that Elaine Stritch herself gladly offers.
- 75The A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffThe A.V. ClubEmily VanDerWerffDirector Chiemi Karasawa is on her best footing when she deals with Stritch not as a Broadway icon and occasional film and TV star, but rather as a woman approaching 90 and holding on thanks to lack of filtering and an indomitable will to perform.