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Bill W.
Directed by
Kevin Hanlon
,
Dan Carracino
Not Rated
2012
1h 44m
Documentary
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Biography
,
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7.8
78%
85%
6.8
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A documentary about Bill Wilson, the co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
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Cast of Bill W.
Kevin Hanlon
Director / Writer / Producer
Dan Carracino
Director / Writer / Producer
Patrick Gambuti Jr.
Writer / Editor
Ryo Murakami
Director Of Photography
Gil Talmi
Original Music Composer
Bill W. Ratings & Reviews
Eugene Weekly (OR)
Molly Templeton
If you're hoping for a full, deep understanding of the founding and success of Alcoholics Anonymous, Bill W. probably won't be the film you'd like it to be.
Detroit News
Tom Long
The best thing about "Bill W." is it paints the man as both inspirational and weak, damaged and determined and always searching. It makes Bill W. human.
Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)
John Wirt
A beautifully assembled documentary that reveals the purposefully low-profiled co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous.
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
Philip Martin
... provides us with a surprisingly nuanced picture of one of the most important Americans of the 20th century.
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)
John Beifuss
The audiotapes are the treasures: They resurrect Wilson as a warm, amicable presence. It's almost if Wilson had -- dare we say it? -- invited us pull up a stool to join him for conversation and a (non-alcoholic) drink at a friendly bar.
San Francisco Chronicle
David Lewis
Pretty much like the man himself: solid, sometimes flawed and seriously unflashy.
East Bay Express
Kelly Vance
This unsexy, informative doc might have worked just as effectively as a book or magazine article, rather than a film.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
"Bill W." tells the story of Bill Wilson and the organization he co-founded, Alcoholics Anonymous.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Despite the filmmakers' efforts to humanize Wilson, however, Bill W. still dabbles in hagiography, valorizing the man while also painting him as a reluctant hero.
Las Vegas Weekly
Josh Bell
Slickly but somewhat dully recounts Wilson's life and work with AA.
Arizona Republic
Kerry Lengel
A fascinating character study, whether you have any connection (as so many do) to the so-called recovery movement.
Washington Post
Stephanie Merry
This is a real portrait that demonstrates that even when alcoholics quit drinking, it doesn't cure them of their other flaws. But it also gives credit where it's due.
New York Times
Nicolas Rapold
This film's impact is hampered by a slavish adherence to chronology and vintage audio materials.
Newsday
John Anderson
[Wilson's] presence feels genuine, and adds to the unalloyed honesty of Hanlon and Carracino's storytelling.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
"Bill W." draws on a treasure trove of archival footage, audio recordings and interviews with people who knew him, and drives home his lifelong struggle with depression, as well as the sheer emotional burden of becoming a hero to millions.
Shockya.com
Brent Simon
A doc about the man who clawed his own way out of drunkenness and then forged a path for countless others to follow, Bill W. suffers from some misplaced focus, but benefits from the plainly fascinating nature of its subject.
Los Angeles Times
Sheri Linden
There's an unflashy clarity to the documentary "Bill W." that suits its subject.
Village Voice
Ernest Hardy
A loving, exhaustive, warts-and-all look at the man who spent years battling his own alcoholism before a spiritual experience in the hospital set him on the course to help others.
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