Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.... (Full plot summary below)
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Literary icon Joan Didion reflects on her remarkable career and personal struggles in this intimate documentary directed by her nephew, Griffin Dunne.
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| AV ClubAlex McLevyHow vital is Didion? Harrison Ford shows up to discuss being her carpenter in '70s Malibu, and all you want is to get back to Joan. |
| The New RepublicJacob BacharachJoan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is sometimes beautiful, mostly workmanlike. As a document of the very old recounting her dreams at breakfast, it's a bit of a marvel. |
| Arkansas Democrat-GazetteKaren MartinPlaying a close second in making the film (which is about 15 minutes longer than it needs to be) worth watching is the remarkable footage and photographs of Didion at home and at work. |
| Film InquiryShawn GlinisTrying to cover Joan Didion the person, the writer and the wife and mother in 95 minutes couldn't be anything but incomplete and broad. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyThe result, though loving and celebratory, is closer to an official portrait than an illuminating biography. |
| RogerEbert.comGodfrey CheshireThe fact that it was made by her nephew, actor/filmmaker Griffin Dunne, gives it a warmth and intimacy that might not have graced a more standard documentary. |
| Bust MagazineErika W. Smith... The Center Will Not Hold is well worth watching, both for Didion fans and for those who want an introduction to her work and her writing. |
| The New York TimesGlenn KennyMs. Didion’s triumph, as a writer and a human being, has been to take the age for what it is, to pinpoint how she saw it, and to stick it out. |
| Village VoiceApril WolfeSeeing the breadth of Didion’s work and its impact on the culture represented cumulatively delivers an unexpected shock to the system. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatA portrait of essayist Joan Didion and her self-respect. |
