
Variety
We're drawn into a wrestling narrative that the documentary wants you to believe, even as it stands on the outside looking in.
Full reviewA documentary crew follows David Arquette as he seeks redemption in the eyes of the the pro-wrestling community who hate him. Having "won" the championship belt 20 years earlier, an infamous stunt used to promote his movie Ready to Rumble, Arquette's career has since wavered. Now, in an audacious act of solidarity, he puts his middle-aged body on the line and in the ring for real.
We're drawn into a wrestling narrative that the documentary wants you to believe, even as it stands on the outside looking in.
Full reviewThere is an operatic neediness to Arquette's obsession that suits the circus of wrestling, and it suits the documentary too.
Full reviewThere's no doubting Arquette's sincere desire to learn the sport and craft of wrestling, to get into shape, to resuscitate his career, to make his family proud.
Full reviewI can't help thinking that a real documentary could be made about David Arquette's midlife crisis and this isn't it.
Full review"David wants love"... For all its bravado and mystique, what's most striking about You Cannot Kill David Arquette are these simple truths.
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