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Remake

Name: Remake
Genre: Documentary
Duration: 1 h 56 min
Cast: Ross McElwee, Adrian McElwee, Charleen Swansea

2026 · 1h 56m · Documentary

MOVIHERO READ

Patiently paced documentary that takes its time. Best if you want family relationships to matter as much as the story.

67/100

MAYBE

WHAT IT'S ABOUT

The death of his son causes McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, to look back on his life’s work. He eventually turns to his archive of home movies. To what extent did his camera affect their relationship when Adrian was alive? To what extent does it define that relationship now that he is gone? Meanwhile, an effort to adapt McElwee’s first feature, Sherman’s March, into a work of fiction lurches along, giving the filmmaker another perspective from which to meditate on movie making and mortality.

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67/100

MAYBE

MAYBEThe death of his son causes McElwee, an autobiographical filmmaker, to look back on his life’s work. He eventually turns to his archive of home movies. To what extent…

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WHY THIS MIGHT BE FOR YOU

01The setup points to a story driven by family relationships and their consequences

02A fuller 116-minute runtime and a more measured watch than a pure momentum movie define the practical movie-night fit

03With Ross McElwee directing and Ross McElwee leading the cast, the factual package has a clear creative center even before a meaningful audience score develops

MOVIHERO EDITORIAL

Should you watch Remake?

Remake belongs in your night if you want the relationships inside a family to matter as much as the plot. It is a more measured watch than a pure momentum movie, with a fuller 116-minute runtime, and the Watch Profile puts attention at 7/10 and emotional impact at 6/10. This is a mood-dependent call: the fit matters more than the headline score.

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