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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Wall Street JournalJoe MorgensternWall Street JournalJoe MorgensternThe film also offers a portrait in unfathomable courage. It’s a horror story shackled to a hero’s journey in which a man with a surpassingly fertile mind feels himself — his deepest, essential self — coming inexorably, inexplicably undone.
- 100Film ThreatFilm ThreatLike any great Robin Williams film, Robin’s Wish has moments of joy, nostalgia, heartbreak, and, most of all, hope.
- 90VarietyOwen GleibermanVarietyOwen GleibermanA documentary that’s honest and scary, wrenching and moving.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckRobin's Wish proves both emotionally harrowing and cathartic.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreZeroing in on Robin’s disease, his decline and what she and a few others close to him observed, with plenty of medical explanations, make this brief film feel complete, in its own way. What they’ve made is a solid, medically sound and emotional final chapter in a life that touched many, one that deserves to be remembered for how he really lived and what truly caused his death.
- The primary goal and achievement of Robin’s Wish is spotlighting the confounding nature of Williams’ disorder and the deeper need for mental health awareness.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSan Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisRobin’s Wish, of course, can’t lessen the tragedy of Williams’ death, but it helps us better reconcile the suicide of such a joyous, irrepressible soul.
- 70The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergAs potentially valuable as Robin’s Wish is for illuminating Williams’s death — initial reports noted his past struggles with addiction and depression — it is more affecting and appealing as a tribute. Stories of Williams as a matchless improviser, an unpretentious neighbor and a man who had a gift for consoling others suggest the world lost not just an uproarious presence but a kind one.
- 63RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzRogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzAlthough Robin's Wish is ultimately unwilling or unable to really grapple with the emotions of the people left behind after suicide, it is a compassionate film that will bring information about Williams' condition to a wide audience.
- 50CNNBrian LowryCNNBrian LowryThe heartbreaking aspect of Robin's Wish lies in the fact that Williams died without knowing what was happening to him, while there's uplift in Schneider Williams' determination to set the record straight. How well that works translating that specific mission into a stand-alone documentary is, to some extent, another matter.