Memory: The Origins of Alien's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
"In his latest movie-love documentary, director Alexandre O. Philippe does for Ridley Scott's 'Alien' what he did for Hitchcock's shower scene in '78/52': finds the hypnotic meaning in its horror (...) that feels, in every detail, like an essential, bracing piece of movie scholarship".
Indiewire
"Philippe?s entertaining but frustratingly incomplete documentary (...) it reaffirms the film?s basic power without probing deeply enough to achieve any power of its own."
The Wrap
"Although Phillippe?s documentary oversells its thesis ? and suffers from glaring omissions ? it?s a thoughtful love letter to a fascinating classic".
The Hollywood Reporter
"Buffs will be transported (...) Saving some of the best for last, director Philippe makes outstanding use of footage of what in the trade is called the money shot, the startling payoff that everything has been building toward".