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  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 34 m

Summary Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei boldly journeyed from a WWII internment camp, to the helm of the starship Enterprise, to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband Brad on this star's playful and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.

Directed By: Jennifer M. Kroot

  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 34 m
  • 2014
  • Not Rated
  • Starz Digital Media
  • 1 h 34 m

To Be Takei

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
66
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings
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Summary Over seven decades, actor and activist George Takei boldly journeyed from a WWII internment camp, to the helm of the starship Enterprise, to the daily news feeds of five million Facebook fans. Join George and his husband Brad on this star's playful and profound trek for life, liberty, and love.

Directed By: Jennifer M. Kroot

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 17 Critic Reviews
66
71% Positive
12 Reviews
29% Mixed
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88
Aug 28, 2014
To Be Takei is a celebration of a man of great resilience, infectious humor, a voracious appetite for the richness of the human experience, and the best laugh in the history of laughing.
By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW
80
Aug 19, 2014
A unique blend of camp and conviction, To Be Takei deftly showcases George Takei’s eclectic personality and wildly disparate achievements.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
74
Aug 26, 2014
This portrait of the actor winds up being a parable about all of us.
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70
Aug 21, 2014
The film is choppy in parts, but it is George Takei's approachability, his constant big laughter, even his singing (he performs "Don't Fence Me In" after explaining how the internment camps made the lyrics poignant to him) that tie it together.
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63
Aug 18, 2014
Jennifer M. Kroot plays things a bit too straight and safe by giving into basic emotional and thematic possibilities of each period in Takei's prolific early life and subsequent Hollywood career.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
60
Aug 19, 2014
He seems like one of the least neurotic men on the planet, and yet how could that describe someone who lived with a heavy secret for 68 years? That’s the question Kroot’s film circles without ever managing completely to ask, much less fully answer.
By Chris Klimek FULL REVIEW
50
Aug 21, 2014
[Ms. Kroot's] banalizing documentary is self-defeating as it tags along with Mr. Takei and his wonky husband, Brad, on their busy daily schedule.
By Nicolas Rapold FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dodgeville Films, Rainbow Shooting Star Pictures
Release Date Aug 22, 2014
Duration 1 h 34 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline A star's trek for life, liberty and love.
Website http://www.tobetakei.com/
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