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80An endlessly intriguing documentary.
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88Avrich's colorful account of Wasserman's career starts out looking like a puff piece, but quickly reveals a refreshing willingness to delve into the dirty side of a glamorous business.
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75Highly entertaining.
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A good, breezy once-over-lightly on the life and times of a Hollywood titan, but not much more.
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80A smart, well-paced documentary that balances the man's triumphs with his rare failures and discerningly explores the darker side of his power.
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70Love him or loathe him, Avrich proposes, Wasserman mattered -- which is a lot more than can be said for most of the multinationals and their MBA-bearing surrogates who came to run the studios in his wake.
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70More history lesson than dirt-digging expedition, and makes illuminating viewing for anyone curious about how the movies get made - information that is sometimes more interesting than the movies themselves.
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70A refreshingly honest film about the life and times of Hollywood uber-power player Lew Wasserman.
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70Avrich offers a cogent appraisal of Wasserman's importance to the industry and duly notes the darker aspects of his empire (among them MCA's alleged ties to organized crime).
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Avrich's Wasserman is less a man than a list of accomplishments, a Kane without a hint of a Rosebud and nary a whiff of significant criticism.