HBO's Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind is a straightforward documentary, despite its title

The New York Times

Marina Zenovich's two-hour film, premiering Monday, is a "straightforward, conventionally assembled documentary biography of an eccentric, decidedly idiosyncratic comedian and actor," says Mike Hale. "At times that’s a limitation, but overall it’s a good thing. Simply watching Williams in action is probably more interesting than any concerted effort to get inside his head or dissect or approximate his method." Most importantly, Come Inside My Mind delivers the "archival goods," he says, adding: "There are ups and downs, particularly among the feature films, but we get to see the irrepressible, unpredictable, inventive Williams on top of his game often enough that the documentary flies by." ALSO: Come Inside My Mind doesn't quite dig deep enough.