Synopsis
Follow Academy Award winner Olympia Dukakis behind the scenes in this affectionate profile of a stalwart New Yorker and beloved stage and screen treasure.
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Cast
- Olympia DukakisHerself
- Laura LinneyHerself
- Whoopi GoldbergHerself
- Diane LaddHerself
- Ed AsnerHimself
- Armistead MaupinHimself
- Lainie KazanHerself
- Louis ZorichHimself
- Austin PendletonHimself
- Lynn CohenHerself
Recommendations
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RogerEbert.com
Olympia has the usual biographical documentary structure, though it's a bit of a hodge-podge, following Dukakis to a festival, a rehearsal, awards events, at home, intercut with archival footage and comments from friends, colleagues, and family. - 50
Los Angeles Times
Without a more probing look into her artistry, it’s hard to think of Olympia as a definitive Dukakis profile — though it’s certainly an unusual celebrity documentary. - 40
The New York Times
At times, Mavromichalis himself seems starstuck, to the extent that he can’t distinguish the disarming from the banal. - 40
Variety
Olympia for all its fondness, is just too cursory a portrait of a complex woman: depth presented as a series of glinting surfaces.