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- 2021
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 38 m
- 2021
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 38 m
Summary As the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.
Directed By: Andy Ostroy
- 2021
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 38 m
- 2021
- Home Box Office (HBO)
- 1 h 38 m
Adrienne
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5.8
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Summary As the muse of Hal Hartley's indie classics and as writer/director of the critically acclaimed Waitress, Adrienne Shelly was a shining star in the indie film firmament.
Directed By: Andy Ostroy
Where to Watch
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Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
75
100% Positive
5 Reviews
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0% Mixed
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Not only does Ostroy contextualize her life outside of filmmaking, but he also centralizes Shelly’s steady and progressive growth from actress-for-hire to independent filmmaking force, noting how creative autonomy allowed her to develop her own projects but also slowed down the development time in-between movies as she scraped together financing.
Adrienne is a beautiful testament to the power of Adrienne Shelly and will hopefully inspire fans, new and old, to revisit her work. Andy Ostroy’s documentary certainly emphasizes the emotional and sentimental, but that intimacy bonds the audience to Shelly as a woman. Bring tissues.
A striking portrait of Shelly’s life that will have you seeking out her work and wondering what could have been.
It’s also a film made by her grieving husband. On paper, it shouldn’t work at all. It works measurably better on screen.
It isn’t polished and it isn’t focused, and at times there’s a rawness to its emotional exposure that left me feeling a little uncomfortable. But in those respects, it’s a wholly reasonable expression of the sort of grief that, even 14 years later, defies understanding.
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Production Company
All For A Films,
Blowback Productions,
HBO Documentary Films
Release Date Dec 1, 2021
Duration 1 h 38 m
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Awards
Women Film Critics Circle Awards
• 1 Nomination
