Click here to copy URL

Phoenix Rising (TV Miniseries)

Phoenix Rising

2022

Amy Berg

Documentary, Self: Evan Rachel Wood

6.6

451

TV Series. Documentary Actress and activist Evan Rachel Wood takes her experience as a survivor of domestic violence to pursue justice, heal generational trauma, and reclaim her story in a culture that instinctively blames women. The film intimately charts her journey as she moves toward naming her infamous abuser for the first time, her famous former fiancé: Marilyn Manson, real name Brian Warner.

	Author	Review
United States	Leslie Felperin The Hollywood Reporter	"Wood excoriates Warner directly here (...) Wood and Berg’s ultimate goal, however, seems to have less to do with exposing Warner for exposure’s sake than helping others recognize warning signs in their own troubled relationships"	POS
United States	Ronda Racha Penrice The Wrap	"'Phoenix Rising' makes a very powerful point about the critical role pop culture plays in coloring the way society views violence against women"	POS
United States	Kristen Lopez IndieWire	"Powerful documentary (...) Wood's courage shines through in an affecting exploration of power dynamics and relationships in Hollywood"	POS
United States	Caroline Framke Variety	"A startlingly vulnerable account of Wood’s life as a child actor, a confused kid processing trauma, and a young woman forced to mature far before she was ready."	POS
United States	Ella Kemp The Playlist	"The harrowing resurrection of Evan Rachel Wood proves there’s still so much work to be done"	POS
United States	Lorraine Ali Los Angeles Times	"The film is an authentic and brave effort that works two-thirds of the time, when it's not bogged down in needless animated interludes likening Wood to 'Alice in Wonderland'"	NEU
Canada	Martin Kudlac Screen Anarchy	"A cautionary tale unmasking the proceedings of abusers, which may help others to identify suspicious behavior before physical, emotional, or psychological damage is done"	POS
United States	Sheila O'Malley rogerebert.com	"Filmmakers stay close to Dixon, in so doing elegantly expose one of the larger themes so tragically common in these abuse stories: Dixon was run out of the business she not only loved but helped build (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Melanie McFarland Salon	"By liberally weaving hazily surreal animations throughout each episode along with photos of Wood pre- and post-Manson the film tumbles us into an interregnum between innocence and morbid terror"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry CNN	"The documentary clearly comes with a specific mission in mind, shining light on the issue of domestic violence through the lens of Wood's advocacy"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"It goes without saying that Evan Rachel Wood's story is a tough one, and the fact that she's decided to put it all out there in 'Phoenix Rising' makes the docuseries all the more worth watching"	POS

Return to movie

We encourage you to check the reviews' original sources. Intellectual property rights of these reviews belong to their authors and/or the correspondent media from which they have been extracted. If you'd like to help us to add more reviews to your favorite movies, just send us a message.