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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil Genzlinger"Star Wars” fans will, of course, love this film, but it’s also a thought-provoking exploration of the dawning of our current age.
- 75The PlaylistOliver LytteltonThe PlaylistOliver LytteltonWithout patronizing or condescending, it’s an examination of how fame can change us and haunt us, and of the complicated relationships that survivors of something like “Star Wars” can have with it.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger MooreThe whole adds up to a charming portrait of the micro-fame and full, rich (not that rich) lives of the big actors who played little roles in the most carefully watched and memorized movie since “Citizen Kane.”
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayVisually, Elstree 1976 is often striking, thanks to some haunting extreme close-ups of these actors’ Star Wars action figures.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThe best parts of "Elstree," not surprisingly, are the war stories these nine men and one woman share, their vivid memories of a shoot one calls "as primitive as it gets."
- 70Screen DailyCharles GantScreen DailyCharles GantElstree 1976 entertainingly explores the world of the character actor and bit-part player.
- 60The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThe Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonThis is a genial, humane project with obvious fan appeal. But for anyone expecting a definitive behind-the-scenes film about the making of Star Wars, this is not the documentary you have been looking for.
- 60Village VoiceBilge EbiriVillage VoiceBilge EbiriThe most interesting part of Elstree 1976 comes when these actors express ambivalence about their odd celebrity.
- 50Slant MagazineNick PriggeSlant MagazineNick PriggeIt too often fails to examine how the long shadow cast by Star Wars affected its its background actors' lives.
- 38New York PostKyle SmithNew York PostKyle SmithElstree 1976 is an amazing experience. I’m shocked that a documentary revisiting the making of “Star Wars” could be this boring.