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The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (TV Miniseries)

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling

2018

Judd Apatow

Documentary, Self: Sacha Baron Cohen, James L. Brooks, Jim Carrey ...

7.0

60

TV Series. Documentary 'The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling' features conversations with more than 40 of Shandling’s family and friends, including James L. Brooks, Jim Carrey, Sacha Baron Cohen, David Coulier, Jon Favreau, Jay Leno, Kevin Nealon, Conan O’Brien, Bob Saget, Jerry Seinfeld and Sarah Silverman, and four decades’ worth of TV appearances, along with personal journals, private letters and candid home audio and video footage that reveal his brilliant mind and restless soul. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"Essential for Shandling fans, a superb introduction for neophytes (...) [It] is a bittersweet study of a restless psyche, an insightful look into the world of comedy and an in-depth biography all in one"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz Vulture	"An intimate portrait of a comedy pioneer (...) Where 'The Zen Diaries' really excels is in its understanding of his psychology."	POS
United States	Steve Greene IndieWire	"Apatow’s film doesn’t just include the high points of Shandling‘s career (...) [It] really comes alive in its look at the things happening on the periphery of the work that Shandling devotees have devoured"	POS
United States	Erik Adams AV Club	"'Zen Diaries' takes the form of both a tribute to its subject and a facet of its director’s personal grieving process. It’s an ideal meeting of topic and filmmaker"	POS
United States	Verne Gay Newsday	"Brilliant portrait of an iconic comic, but an especially moving and human one, too (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"An important document (...) A complete and sophisticated valentine from Apatow to his late friend and mentor (...) Apatow’s film overflows with great, smart commentary on who Shandling was"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of 'Zen Diaries' can be found in that title, as the project draws extensively on Shandling's private diaries"	POS

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