The filmography of Yelchin is lovingly and sedately explored with interviews from collaborators as well as his background by his parents and friends. His diagnosis of and subsequent struggle with cystic fibrosis is chronicled and a highly driven, strong, creative, but certainly angsty figure is drawn. Yelchin is an interesting figure and leaves behind an impressive body of work, the access to his character allowed by all the personal documentation is substantial but ultimately the subject is left at a certain remove.
Not that there is criticism to be leveled at the almost universally loved actor however his extremely close, almost bizarrely so, relationship with his mother, the implication that he was a chronic sex club visitor if not out-and-out patron, as well as his prototypical 20-something existential malaise, is mostly only simply related not particularly investigated. The specter of the subjects death as well as CF play a big part in the film however death itself is only addressed or grappled with on a surface level which, given the circumstances, seems like a missed opportunity.
A loving sometimes poignant study of an established talent with continued promise that doesn't plumb the potential depths the subject allows.
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