Lost in La Mancha Critic Reviews

Records an accident while it's happening, revealing a situation that makes you laugh again and again while weeping, metaphorically at least, for the sheer frustration of it all. Read the full review

Nothing more than a modest, streamlined ''making of...'' diary about a movie that never got made -- it's ''Project Greenlight'' with bigger stars and bigger disasters.Read the full review

After watching the fascinating and compelling new documentary Lost in La Mancha, you may forever wonder how it is that movies are made at all.Read the full review

There's no shortage of disaster stories in the history of film production, but none have been recorded with such frankness, immediacy and aching sense of disappointment.Read the full review

At once bitterly funny and devastating, Lost In La Mancha sides with Gilliam in form and spirit, piecing together the train wreck with snaky humor and interludes that cleverly mimic his Monty Python collage animations.Read the full review

Like rubbernecking motorists, we can't help but watch with lurid fascination. Read the full review

The documentary is fascinating, but hardly enjoyable. It's like watching ants eat an elephant. Read the full review

Lost in La Mancha, a documentary about a movie that never got made, is more involving -- and heartbreaking -- than many movies that do get made.Read the full review

It is an honest, dumbstruck, not particularly deep demonstration of how insanely difficult it is to make a movie, any movie, no matter how blithe the end result may appear on screen. Read the full review