Synopsis
Using previously unheard audiotapes recorded shortly after John Belushi’s death, director R.J. Cutler’s documentary feature examines the too-short life of the once-in-a-generation talent who captured the hearts and funny bones of devoted audiences.
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Cast
- John BelushiSelf (archive footage)
- Judith Belushi-PisanoSelf (archive footage)
- Harold RamisSelf (archive footage)
- Dan AykroydSelf (archive footage)
- Chevy ChaseSelf (archive footage)
- John LandisSelf (archive footage)
- Penny MarshallSelf (archive footage)
- Lorne MichaelsSelf (archive footage)
- Jim BelushiSelf (archive footage)
- Ivan ReitmanSelf (archive footage)
Recommandations
- 83
The Playlist
The movie does not stint on Belushi’s destructive, self-sabotaging, and cruel habits. - 80
The Hollywood Reporter
Home movie footage shot by Judy during a period of Belushi's sobriety at the couple's summer home in Martha's Vineyard provides a poignant glimpse of the normal life he could have lived. That his early loss left so much potentially great work undone makes the documentary as much elegy as tribute. - 80
Variety
In the film, Belushi’s own letters betray his fear that he had reached the point of no return. Yet there can be a shadow hint of intentionality to all that. Belushi was a bighearted person who craved no limits. In some terrible way, he went out like the rock star he was. - 78
Austin Chronicle
It's challenging not to see shades of Robin Williams, who was not just Belushi's equal in talent and predilection for pharmaceuticals but also his friend. Williams admitted more than once that it was Belushi's death that made him get sober, the ultimate wake-up call. - 75
IndieWire
It’s always fun to sit through a clip reel when the talent quotient is this high, but Belushi doesn’t sugarcoat the sadness at the core of the actor’s legacy. - 75
Boston Globe
Belushi was at his best when he was allowed to build, moving from soft-spoken sanity to a maelstrom of fury over the course of a two-minute sketch. We get the infamous Joe Cocker impression, flailing away next to the real thing; we’re reminded of his truly remarkable skills as a physical comedian; and we get most of my favorite skit, the “Little Chocolate Donuts” ad. But a full measure of the man’s art (and it was art) is missing. - 72
TheWrap
If it starts out to be a biography of Belushi the performer, it ends up as the cautionary tale of Belushi the human being. - 67
The Film Stage
For a look at the life of John Belushi, it’s a fittingly brisk one. For a dive into his career, it’s one that, despite a general lack of originality, mines a few solid points.
