Too uncomfortable to be a mere bonus feature and too slight to feel relevant outside of those curious about Refn, perhaps it will just represent a stepping stone for Corfixen as she reclaims her own creative endeavors.

Full Review | Sep 19, 2019

My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is an artist's tale of growth and development, and this documentary is refreshing proof that no one is immune to pressure and insecurity.

Full Review | Nov 9, 2018

Plainly, life is difficult for Refn at times, and [the film] shows both the curious nature of being in that position and why he continues to garner a reputation as a director to seek out.

Full Review | Original Score: B+ | Feb 26, 2016

You get the feeling there's much more to this relationship than we've been shown, but for fans of Refn's work, the documentary makes for a provocative portrait of an artist racked by angst.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Apr 30, 2015

Director Liv Corfixen stays conspicuously absent throughout, hiding behind the lens as Refn oscillates wildly between moods.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 8, 2015

Strictly for Refn fans, especially those like me trying to figure out where he went astray.

Full Review | Mar 6, 2015

What's here elevates what could be a relatively uninteresting on-set diary to a concise look at different artists balancing different goals.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.5/10 | Mar 6, 2015

it is shot by Refn's wife, Liv Corfixen, as a sort of home (away from home) movie, focused far less on Refn's shoot than on her own at times difficult domestic life with a husband who is also a full-time filmmaker and a demanding neurotic depressive.

Full Review | Mar 4, 2015

It doesn't have anything interesting to say, but it shows some neat stuff about movie making. My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn's only real problem is its subject.

Full Review | Original Score: C | Feb 28, 2015

A mildly insightful and intimate peak behind the curtain, but it's ultimately more potatoes than meat.

Full Review | Original Score: 6.000009 | Feb 28, 2015

It feels supplemental more than essential.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 27, 2015

The pulverizing My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn has given me a newfound respect for Only God Forgives.

Full Review | Feb 26, 2015

With a running time of one hour, "My Life" probably should have just been a special feature on the "Only God Forgives" DVD.

Full Review | Feb 26, 2015

Suggests the sacrifices required of those who live in an artist's orbit, but it fails to offer what groupies surely want, which is insight into Refn's creative process.

Full Review | Feb 26, 2015

This could have been one of the great behind-the-scenes movie documentaries, a mini-marvel that could rest alongside "Heart of Darkness" or "Burden of Dreams." Instead, it's a fluffy, nearly-feature-length electronic press kit, with way more neuroses.

Full Review | Original Score: C+ | Feb 26, 2015

The stakes are low -- nobody died, nobody divorced, nobody's career ended...Why was this made, again?

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 26, 2015

Corfixen documents her husband's creative process as well as his mental state, which comes in two basic modes: confidently inspired and nervously despondent.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Feb 26, 2015

Clocking in at just under an hour, the substance of My Life Directed by Nicolas Winding Refn is fleeting but fascinating.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Feb 26, 2015

Brief but insightful, My Life Directed By Nicolas Winding Refn is a compelling account of a modern auteur struggling to commit his ambitious yet agonizingly abstract ideas to celluloid.

Full Review | Original Score: 6/10 | Feb 25, 2015

I always meant to give Only God Forgives a second chance... but now I've seen the film about the making of Only God Forgives twice.

Full Review | Feb 25, 2015