Showtime's Shangri-La documentary on legendary producer Rick Rubin is inspiring and oddly riveting

The Hollywood Reporter

"There is more creativity, weirdness, thoughtfulness and ambition — both achieved and failed — in the new Showtime docuseries Shangri-La than in a good portion of recent TV dramas," says Tim Goodman. "It's a fascinating four-part, four-hour documentation of music producer Rick Rubin's genius, his oddness, his ego, his belief systems and, most wonderfully, his effect on musicians who come to him to find inspiration. Spoiler: They usually find it, to fantastic creative effect." ALSO: Shangri-La is only good for the first three hours but self-indulgently meanders through its final hour.