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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonSan Francisco ChronicleG. Allen JohnsonIt is quite simply one of the great “making of” documentaries of all-time — a short list that includes the George Hickenlooper-Eleanor Coppola documentary “Hearts of Darkness.”
- 88RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyRogerEbert.comGlenn KennyThe result is the most fascinating documentary about a failed movie since 1965’s “The Epic That Never Was,” about the abortive Korda-produced, von Sternberg-directed, and Charles Laughton-starring film of Robert Graves’ great novel I, Claudius.
- 83The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezEmotionally and psychologically, The Ghost Of Peter Sellers, is an A-grade film. Aesthetically, however, it’s a little flat, and kind of takes too long to truly reveal itself even at a scant 93 minutes. Still, it’s ultimately an emotionally cathartic and absorbing movie about a man who can’t let go, yet wants to be free.
- 80Film ThreatAlan NgFilm ThreatAlan NgWatching The Ghost of Peter Sellers is like watching a 15-vehicle car crash in slow motion.
- 78Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerWhat's most fascinating is that there's no self-indulgence on Medak's behalf. It's a filmmaker coming to terms with a deep bruise in his life, and the realization that time may heal all wounds, but will still leave a scar.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreAll this piling on turns Ghost of Peter Sellers into a “pathography,” the nickname given biographies that torch the reputations of the dead. And frankly, it’s deserved.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThe Hollywood ReporterTodd McCarthyThis can't-take-your-eyes-off-it documentary feels like both a mea culpa and a purge of lingering ghosts.
- 70TheWrapWilliam BibbianiTheWrapWilliam BibbianiThe Ghost of Peter Sellers is a movie that seems to have been made by Medak, for Medak. It’s a mildly interesting footnote in cinema history, and worth watching for Sellers fans, Medak fans and aficionados of obscure cinema (you know who you are).
- 70Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversMovie junkies, rejoice. Director Peter Medak has made an instructive and nightmarishly funny documentary about how actor Peter Sellers drove him crazy and nearly trashed his career.
- 50Boston GlobeMark FeeneyBoston GlobeMark FeeneyEveryone in the documentary agrees that the undertaking was truly terrible and misconceived. The extensive footage here does nothing to contradict such a view.