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Stan Lee
Directed by
David Gelb
2023
86m
PG
Biography
,
Documentary
6.9
80%
83%
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100 years of dreaming. 100 years of creating. 100 years of Stan Lee.
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Where to Watch Stan Lee
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Cast of Stan Lee
Stan Lee
Self (archive footage)
Joan Lee
Self (archive footage)
Flo Steinberg
Self (archive footage)
Warren Storab
Self (archive footage)
Julius Schwartz
Self (archive footage)
Roy Thomas
Self (archive footage)
Joe Simon
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Jack Kirby
Self (voice) (archive footage)
JC Lee
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Kevin Feige
Self (voice) (archive footage)
Stan Lee Reviews
Variety
Owen Gleiberman
It does something that Lee himself would have appreciated: humanizes the creative superhero of comic books.
TheWrap
Martin Tsai
Though the movie may satisfy some obsessive fans and armchair historians, it feels more like a well-put-together tribute to the mastermind behind The Walt Disney Company's biggest IP.
Rolling Stone
David Fear
With great Disney+ power does not, apparently, come with great biographical responsibility. Lee was a complicated man as much as a creator of canon-worthy superheroes and a Comic-Con deity. He deserves a 360-degree warts-and-all doc... So do we.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
By allowing Lee to tell the story largely in his own words, it conveys a genuine sense of what made him as big and colorful as any of the spandex-clad figures that he helped birth and spring off the page.
New York Times
Amy Nicholson
Fans taking sides in the cultural cock fight between DC and Marvel will light up like the Human Torch at a clip of the former DC editor Julius Schwartz insisting his readers "don't wanna be educated," while Lee visibly snickers.
RogerEbert.com
Nell Minow
Lee's irrepressible joi de vivre and his recollections of the wild days ... are as much fun as he would have hoped.
The MacGuffin
Allen Almachar
While the documentary doesn't reveal any insights that hasn't already been part of public knowledge, its sweet and earnest mood makes the whole experience go down smoothly.
Decider
John Serba
... The subtext here is unavoidable: Without this guy, the most enormously successful film franchise in the history of forever wouldn't exist! PRAISE HIM, FOR HE IS YOUR GOD NOW.
HollywoodChicago.com
Patrick McDonald
I had the privilege of meeting Stan, at a modest 1980s comic book gathering. The next time I saw him he had ten men around him at Comic Con. What a journey, and it's all revealed in this great doc, about a mensch with a mustache. Excelsior true believers!
Tell-Tale TV
Alyssa Christian
Maybe Gelb's film is too positive, hopeful, and heroic. There's no mention of the legal disputes he was engaged in, primarily about intellectual property. But, Stan Lee represents how Lee lived his life and wrote and created all of those comic books.
Los Angeles Times
Noel Murray
For anyone who only knows Stan Lee from his Marvel Cinematic Universe cameos and his general pop-culture presence, this movie offers a solid introduction to the origins of a whole generation of superheroes.
The Mary Sue
Julia Glassman
Admittedly, "Stan Lee" doesn't really break much new ground in our understanding of comics history. If you're a Stan Lee fan, though, you might find it a breezy way to pass an hour and a half.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Christy Lemire
It's clearly an infomercial for Stan Lee and Marvel, but he's such an engaging and charming raconteur that you don't mind.
MovieWeb
Julian Roman
Stan Lee narrates his own amazing life story in a fun and creatively produced documentary that purposely skirts controversy. Director David Gelb celebrates the 100th anniversary of Lee's birth with a breezy retrospective of an extraordinary man.
Pop Culture Planet
Kristen Maldonado
A technically sleek film, David Gelb seamlessly weaves together footage of Lee's life through interview clips, news reels, and clay models with voice over that allows him to narrate his own story. However, the Stan Lee documentary does play it safe.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Tim Cogshell
I appreciated that the filmmakers allowed [unflattering] information in the film... But this is a film made by people who love Stan Lee.
In Review Online
Ayeen Forootan
All that to say, as long as you don't go into David Gelb's Stan Lee... expecting lots of headline-grabbing information, never-before-known trivia, or different perspectives... the experience of having a familiar story [told] can still be plenty enjoyable.
FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)
Charles Solomon
It starts to feel a little "product placement," but if you love Stan Lee you will be ecstatic.
IGN Movies
Samantha Nelson
Glosses over all of the controversy surrounding the leader of Marvel Comics at the expense not just of the other other writers and artists who deserve credit, but of the documentary itself, which is a bland and uninformative work of brand-building.
Truthdig
Siddhant Adlakha
A work of rote and gaudy self-promotion that fails to be effective or interesting even on its own terms.
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