Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence.... (Full plot summary below)
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Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence.
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| IndieWireKristen LopezErin Lee Carr’s Britney Vs. Spears feels like a movie not searching for scandal but a genuine desire to help, to say something to Spears, to remind us why we love her and how we failed her. |
| TimeJudy BermanCarr’s account is strongest in shining light on the early years of the conservatorship while elegantly steering away from the exploitative images of Britney—shaving her head, or getting strapped to a gurney—that sold magazines in the late ’00s. |
| The New York TimesLisa KennedyBritney vs Spears underscores how tricky it is to make a credible documentary about a celebrity under duress without repeating many of the gestures that treat fame as the sine qua non of American culture. |
| Movie NationRoger MooreBritney Vs Spears adds just enough to the story to be worth the obsessed-viewer’s trouble. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)Jen ChaneyThe result is a piece that’s more personal, but also not as rigorous and objective. |
| Chicago TribuneNina MetzCarr made her long-gestating Netflix documentary with journalist Jenny Eliscu and the pair never comes across as anything less than serious-minded. But their efforts feel limp and plodding by comparison, and sometimes confusing. |
| The TelegraphEd PowerThe conclusion the directors reach could have come from any of the other Spears films |
| The PlaylistBrianna ZiglerThe film is not only repetitive but also profoundly uninspired documentary filmmaking. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRachel LeibrockBritney Vs Spears often feels just as exploitative as the case it portrays. |
| VarietyDaniel D'AddarioThis shapeless doc feels overlong at just over 90 minutes, because it’s unclear what, exactly, Carr and collaborator Jenny Eliscu want to say about Spears. |
