Robin's Wish Review: A Look Into A Beautiful And Brilliant Mind

 

Release date: September 1, 2020
Running time: 79 minutes

Robin’s Wish tells the powerful true story of actor/comedian Robin Williams’ final days. For the first time, Robin’s fight against a deadly neurodegenerative disorder, known as Lewy Body Dementia, is shown in stunning detail.  Through accounts of family, friends, doctors, and archival footage, his incredible story sheds an entirely new light on the tragedy, beauty and power behind the mind of one of the greatest entertainers of all time.

This film focuses on Robin Williams's unexpected death and the impact that it had on both the world and those closest to him.  Robin Williams was a special individual, both on and off the screen, who had overcome a lot of inner demons and brought happiness to millions of people.  The film is a great reminder of that legacy, and of a lot of the things that Williams did outside of the spotlight.  It highlights his struggles, his charity work, his love of people and desire to make everyone happy.  But the film also gives some very important background on Williams's death and the disease that killed him.  Williams had a rare disease that could be easily misdiagnosed at the time that he was seeking treatment, but was very much fatal.  And to combat this, a lot of this film deals with that disease, the effect it had on Williams, and the amazing amount of effort it must have taken him to not let on how sick he was.  The disease had a cognitive aspect to it, but Williams was so fast and his mind was so special that it didn't affect him noticeably until very late in his life. 

And the documentary also highlights the media storm that occurred when Williams died; the surprise of the world and all the misinformation that occurred.  As you see with a lot of these breaking stories and the 24 hour news cycle, there was speculation running rampant in the wake of his death.  The film shows this but doesn't dwell on it.  It is a good reminder that news often is clouded by what information is known, but Robin's Wish thankfully focuses more on Williams's life and what made him so special.  And through this journey you get a lot of stories about people whose lives he touched, and all the people that he helped both personally and professionally.  If there is a negative, it is that this film is relatively short.  I would have loved more: more stories, more clips, just more about this wonderful individual.  But the film does conclude the moderately short journey with a a satisfying conclusion that ties everything together.  

Robin's Wish is a wonderful reminder of what made Robin Williams so special, and how much his life and work touched his family, friends, fans, and the world.   

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