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Becoming
Directed by
Nadia Hallgren
PG
2020
89m
Documentary
,
Biography
7.0
93%
57%
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Join former first lady Michelle Obama in an intimate documentary looking at her life, hopes and connection with others during her 2019 book tour for 'Becoming.'
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Where to Watch Becoming
Netflix
Subscription
Cast of Becoming
Michelle Obama
Self / Producer
Barack Obama
Self / Producer
Phoebe Robinson
Self
Sasha Obama
Self
Malia Ann
Self
Oprah Winfrey
Self
Reese Witherspoon
Self
Stephen Colbert
Self
Conan O'Brien
Self
Gayle King
Self
Nadia Hallgren
Director
Katy Chevigny
Producer
Marilyn Ness
Producer
Lauren Cioffi
Producer
Becoming Ratings & Reviews
The New Republic
Jo Livingstone
The sad, unintended moral of Becoming is that if this country never sees a President Michelle Obama, it is our own fault.
Detroit News
Adam Graham
It's a slick look at the former first lady, out of the White House and carving out her life post-politics, but it's as polished and smoothed out as a campaign ad. It's a warm latte, delivered to you in your favorite mug.
FilmWeek (LAist)
Claudia Puig
If you loved the book, then you're going to love the movie... I found myself watching the film with a big, goofy grin most of the time.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
The intimate Netflix movie follows the former first lady on her arena book tour, recalling her past and inspiring with her grace.
Entertainment Weekly
Kristen Baldwin
Even in cavernous, darkened arenas, Obama is a natural storyteller - candid and witty, punctuating anecdotes with perfect pause-for-applause comic timing.
NBC News THINK
Candice Frederick
"Becoming" is not trying to court controversy. Similar to her book, it aims to inspire young female supporters with the philosophy that "your story is your power."
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
Maybe you plan to settle in for an 89-minute feel-good experience that allows you to bask in Obama's calm dignity... If that is all you desire, "Becoming" will oblige you.
Andscape
Soraya Nadia McDonald
Becoming more or less offers Obama fanservice... But it's most interesting in the rare moments when Obama speaks candidly about topics that had been verboten, or at least strongly discouraged.
TIME Magazine
Stephanie Zacharek
It's all perfectly grand and inspiring. But it's also everything you expect from an authorized documentary about Michelle Obama.
Vox
Alissa Wilkinson
Becoming's most inspirational moments come when we see Obama's willingness to admit that she's struggled to find who she is, and, in turn, when we hear her urge others toward fearlessly doing the same.
NPR
Eric Deggans
Even with its flaws, Becoming is a compelling documentary, offering a carefully revealing look at a whip smart, ferociously practical woman trying to understand how her historic time in the White House changed herself, her family and the nation.
New York Times
Lovia Gyarkye
Obama's multicity conversations are invigorating, offering more personal insights and showing sharper versions of her signature charm and humor.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Alison Willmore
It doesn't feel like it's laying the groundwork for a future campaign from its subject, not matter how adored it makes her look. Instead, it's more of an insistent feature-length case for the family having done, and given, enough.
TheWrap
Steve Pond
It's tricky to tell a feel-good story in a time in which many people are feeling anything but good, but Becoming film insists on doing just that.
RogerEbert.com
Christy Lemire
Becoming emerges as a semi-worshipful depiction of a world-famous woman in flux. She's such enjoyable and inspiring company, though, that you might not mind that.
Boston Globe
Ty Burr
[I]t's an intimate portrait of a public figure, and one of its strengths is showing how comfortable, confident, and inspiring Obama has become now that she's free to be herself instead of the wife of the leader of the free world.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
To the extent that "Becoming" has something to sell, and it does, it's not the subject so much as what she stands for.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
To her credit, Michelle Obama doesn't come across as complaining about her reality; rather, it's as if she's able to step outside herself and witness the strangeness of an existence where "the entire attention of everything is you" from a bird's-eye view.
IndieWire
Kate Erbland
The disjointed nature of the film does have one upside in that it hints at what might become of Obama's life now.
Washington Post
Hank Stuever
"Becoming" is most memorable, however, as a chronicle of Obama's interactions with the public, who stand in line for hours to get their copies of "Becoming" signed and, in turn, receive more than just a nod.
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