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Supermensch

2013 · Movie · R · 75 min · ★ 7.1 · 72% critics

Documentary

Supermensch follows a Hollywood insider who stumbles into music management and builds a career that touches major rock acts and beyond. Later, the same drive helps bring celebrity chefs to television, tracing how one larger-than-life talent can shape whole entertainment eras.

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Details
Original title
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Years
2013
Release date
2013-09-07
Language
English
Rated
R
Runtime
75 min
Critic score
72/100
TMDB rating
7.1/10 (78 votes)
About

If you enjoy upbeat, celebrity-filled documentaries like Oasis: Supersonic or Becoming Warren Buffett, you’ll likely have a great time, but Not for you if you want a more critical, fully balanced look at its subject.

Pros: uplifting celebrity stories; humorous reenactments; engaging outsider perspective | Cons: feels one-sided praise; only moderately intriguing; lightly sad tone

Themes

  • musician
  • biography
  • music business
  • rock music
  • chef
  • woman director

Cast & crew

Directed by Mike Myers, Beth Aala