Overview

• The documentary is McElwee’s first feature in 14 years and assembles decades of family material with videos Adrian filmed himself.
• Reviewers describe a grieving father shaping a posthumous collaboration that foregrounds Adrian’s creativity alongside his struggles with bipolar disorder and addiction.
• Little White Lies notes the film contextualizes Adrian’s 2016 death at age 27 from heroin laced with fentanyl without treating it as new information.
• Both outlets emphasize McElwee’s ethical self-scrutiny over filming family, as well as a recurring thread about Hollywood interest in remaking Sherman’s March.
• The craft receives praise, with TheWrap calling Adrian’s footage the element that elevates the film and Little White Lies citing editing by Joe Bini.