Episode Transcript
Hello and welcome back to another episode of movie Deputy Reviews, where it is me, your friendly and fabulous deputy of movie deputy, is here to really go in depth into another movie that I had the privilege to watch early.
This one. This one was emotional, definitely, and I want to thank the producers and directors, everybody that was involved with making this movie for allowing me to review this and to share this with you. And I want you all to be sure and bookmark this program. Bookmark this title. Make a note of it somewhere so that when this movie does come out publicly here later on this year, that you will have the chance to sit and watch it, too. Now, I will say this is a difficult one to watch. It's emotional.
It's a rollercoaster of sorts. And it, it's not going to be for everybody. This movie is, it's funny, but it's very intellectual of sorts. It's not funny like in a comedy that this is not a movie to just entertain you. It's not necessarily a documentary or a mockumentary in either of those categories. It's, it's a, it's something deeper than that. And I literally just watched this and I've just been, I was like, I know where I'm at score wise on it. I'm definitely going to have to give this a guilty rating on the deputy scale just because some of the language that's involved in this and some of the subject matters that are addressed, it definitely is not going to be suitable for younger audiences.
Now, that being said, I don't want to limit the audience on this movie. The title of the movie that we are referring to is called Being Robin, and this one is, the movie is about Robin Williams. But Robin Williams appears nowhere in this movie. Not him, not his likeness.
And during, during, as you, during the movie, as you're watching it play out, you literally think you're watching Robin. You feel like you're watching Robin. You see Robin in Roger Kebler and it's like, okay, what is going on with your brain? What's going on with my brain? Why, why am I watching the screen? And I am seeing Robin Williams and I am hearing Robin Williams, but I'm, but I'm watching Roger Kebler.
Now that is a testament to the power of this movie. Before I get into a lot of that, there's an in memoriam that's at the end of this movie. It's, it's an in memoriam for Jim Crafford. It's his final performance within this film. And as you know, I always like to touch on those. And like I said, this one let me kind of get into a little bit of the backstory. You know me. No spoilers. Don't ever have to worry about anything close to that. But Roger Kebler, he was a comedian, and he dealt. He has always dealt with some mental health issues, and he's bipolar, and he has manic episodes from time to time. And he found that losing himself in alcohol and other substances kind of made life easier. But he got to a point in his life that he needed to find his sobriety, and truly, what he would love doing, and what he loved was killing him. And so he had to find a way to function without doing the thing that he loves the most. And in my brain, I cannot even fathom that. It's like, how do you walk away from something that makes you what you are? And I cannot even imagine trying to have the strength to do that or what that would do to me. And in this movie, we get to go along with this journey with Roger, and we see his life before, and we see what he has, the new passion that he has found that keeps him going, and the special woman that is in his life that also helps keep him going. And we see kind of the before, and then we see the after. And as we all know, we lost Robin Williams in 2014 because he had Lewy body dementia, and he was losing himself. And honestly, he lost. He lost Robin Williams a lot quicker, way sooner than what we did. Forgive me, I'm tripping over my own tongue tonight or this morning, but it's just as you just kind of watch everything with this play out, and if you're at all. If you're at all familiar with Robin, William, you know, I mean, he used a lot of language, and we get to see almost like that coming through with what Roger did. And you may be wondering, okay, how are. How is this story connected? Like, what's tying these characters together?
Well, Roger, one night, while he was just laying in bed, he was absolutely convinced that he was Robin Williams in his dreams, and then he was convinced he was possessed by Robin Williams and that Robin Williams was basically kind of controlling his body and that he was in his head, and it was him speaking, not Roger, that I mean, he had to decide. It's like, okay, is this me taking over, or is this Robin taking over and who's in charge? And in the movie, it touches on the whole thing with, like, the dissociative identity disorders and other mental issues.
But as you watch this, you have to wonder, it's like, are we watching a mental disorder? Are we watching a mental break? Or are we watching somebody who can actually bring or actually brought Robin Williams back to us to let him say the goodbyes that we never got to hear?
And there is so much emotion in this, and there is so much passion in this and what it does. But along the way, you see the toll that it takes on him. And he finally has to get to a point that he's like that he's, like, talking to Robin, and he's like, what do you want from me?
And Robin answers him or whatever is going on. But by the end of watching this, it's like you really start to wonder. It's like, okay, which one are you watching? And whether or not that was intentional or what. And believe it or not, this is actually based on a true story. I'm not. This is not just some Hollywood dream idea thing that came up. This is something that actually happened. And I know it has nothing to do with this movie, has nothing to do with being Robin. But as I was watching this, I could not help thinking back to some quotes from What Dreams May Come. It's an older Robin Williams movie that a lot of people have probably never even heard of. And there's three quotes in particular. Like I said, they are not part of being Robin, but they fit in with this story so well that I want to share them with you.
The first one is that which you believe becomes your world. And we see that on this screen. We see Roger become Robin, literally on the screen. And like I said, this movie does not feature Robin Williams, any footage of him. It does not feature any likeness of him. This is all Roger. And like I said, at the end of this, you have to wonder, it's like, okay, which one was I watching? And it's just, like I said, it's just one of those mental things on that.
Another one of the quotes is they think of suicide as a quick route to oblivion and escape. Far from it. It merely alters a person from one form to another. Nothing can destroy the spirit.
And boy, does that. Boy, does this bring that to life in so many ways. And like I said, after you watch this, and like I said, please bookmark this. Please write this down. Save this. Keep. I mean, set alerts on Fandango or whatever thing that you watch for this movie of being Robin. This is one that, if you were ever a fan of Robin Williams, this one demands your attention.
And the final quote from what dreams may come. Like I said, I've watched that so many times, I had the kind of the quotes, I had to go back and get the exact wording, but these quotes come from that movie, not. Not from being robin, but when matter is put aside, all creation becomes exclusively mental.
Wow. I mean, okay, if this was just a mental break, if this was just something that we just don't understand, I mean, how. Why, what, where?
I'm just glad I got to experience this. I'm glad I get to share this with you. This is.
It's rare that something comes across that is this compelling and what you watch. And this was roger's directorial debut.
And some of it makes you feel like, okay, what am I watching? And you're seeing him out in his canoe on this lake, and just the serenity and the peacefulness and it, like recenters, you, as you're watching this, and don't worry, you know me no spoilers on any of this. But like I said, as, like I said, if you've ever been a fan of Robin Williams, this is going to be one that you are going to want to see again. The title is Being Robin. It deals with some very serious issues.
So, like I said, I have to give it a guilty rating score wise. Staying strictly true to the deputy scale, I have to give it a seven out of ten. This is memorable. It is beautiful, it is poignant in so many ways, but it is very controversial. So that. So it definitely has a questionable content on that. So, like I said, following strictly staying true to the deputy scale, I have to give it a seven out of ten on the deputy scale.
But personally, I would probably be the eights just if I had to grade this on a personal scale.
It's. It's different to watch it. It unfolds as if it's documentary, but it doesn't play out like a documentary. And you get to watch all of this happening, and it's just.
It's. It's just something that you don't expect. It's something that. That you just.
No matter how much you prepare yourself for it, you just cannot prepare yourself for what you're about to experience with this. Like I said, this is one that you're not going to want to miss. So I hope you bookmark it. I hope you, of course, click this. Click the buttons to make sure you always get the latest and greatest deputy content. But I am just thankful that I got to share this with you, and I can't wait to come back soon and fill you in on some more new releases this weekend. Bye.
