Fresh
The insightful, rueful, intensely self-critical and self-aware Williams delivers a harsh look at his own accomplishments, as well as at Kessler's process.
Richard Brody, New Yorker
Paul Williams Still Alive
2011 · 1h 27m · PG-13
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Stephen Kessler
Overview
Filmmaker and longtime fan Stephen Kessler's portrait of the award-winning 1970s singer-songwriter-actor, who disappeared for much of the 1980s and '90s, but still performs today.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
97%
Tomatometer
Fresh
What makes Paul Williams Still Alive successful is the relationship between Kessler and Williams.
Linda Holmes, NPR
Fresh
For all of Kessler's annoying traits, he did get results. Perhaps a different approach wouldn't have yielded a film as satisfying as "Paul Williams Still Alive."
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
The resulting documentary, at once endearing and dull, does indeed tell us about Williams, but it also tells us perhaps too much about Kessler.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
Filmmaker Stephen Kessler's sheer delight in following around his boyhood idol, whose music framed much of the '70s when Kessler was a lad in Queens, is thoroughly infectious.
Betsy Sharkey, Los Angeles Times
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