Remake

Name: Remake
Duration: 1 h 54 min

1hr 54m

4.0/5 (1.1K)

1hr 54m
4.0/5 (1.1K)

Ross McElwee explores time and memory through footage of his son Adrian, weaving their shared filmmaking past with an unfinished Hollywood remake of Sherman's… More Details »

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Release Date:

Jul 10, 2026

Runtime:

1hr 54m

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Ross McElwee explores time and memory through footage of his son Adrian, weaving their shared filmmaking past with an unfinished Hollywood remake of Sherman's March, creating a meditation on loss and documentation.

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Ross McElwee's 'Remake' delivers a devastatingly raw meditation on grief, fatherhood, and the ethics of personal filmmaking that leaves audiences both moved and deeply unsettled. This autobiographical documentary about the loss of his son Adrian to a fentanyl overdose sparks intense debate about whether some intimate moments should remain private, even as viewers praise McElwee's unflinching honesty and masterful editing-as-therapy approach.

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Emotionally-Devastating

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Raw-Vulnerability

Grief-Portrait

Family-Documentary

Controversial-Intimacy

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RATINGS 29 FANS

4.0

Jul 14, 2026

Yeah this was an extremely moving portrait of Adrian and Ross’s life over the last 30 years, appreciated that there’s still some levity sprinkled throughout but yeah it’s horribly devastating to watch. This and Blue Heron would make the saddest double feature ever but…

78 Likes

Jared Gilman

Jul 3, 2026

People who film everybody they know are like, "why does everyone hate me? Maybe if I keep filming them I'll find out."

79 Likes

Jack Moulton

Jul 29, 2026

ANYONE FAMILIAR WITH the works of Ross McElwee knows the man on pretty intimate terms. He’s spent four decades filming himself and the people around him, often to their annoyance and our amusement. The autobiographical approach to the many subjects he explores fills each…

78 Likes

Carl Russo
Jul 10, 2026

Ross McElwee’s new documentary, “Remake,” which premiered at the 2025 Venice Film Festival, suggests, by its very title, a return of sorts to a prior property. Such market expectations wouldn’t be wholly wrong: the film began as a making-of project of Steve Carr’s hopes for…

77 Likes

Robert Daniels

Sep 8, 2026

Remake is a deeply personal documentary about memory, grief, family and the complicated relationship between a filmmaker and his camera. What makes the film so effective is the amount of time McElwee has spent filming his family. We watch his son Adrian grow from a happy,…

17 Likes

Johnny Brando

Sep 2, 2025

As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Giants Squids

54 Likes

Bernardo Paganelli
Sep 5, 2025

I don’t remember ever having such mixed feelings about a film. It’s a deeply personal and emotional piece of art but I also believe it to be very troubling. Ross McElwee is honest, yes. He does show his weakest moments quite bravely but there is a part of this film that’s…

52 Likes

Adam

Aug 12, 2026

manages to be exceptionally funny and devastating, somehow moving from the director of Paul Blart remaking Sherman’s March (ridiculous) to unfathomable grief — McElwee may have influenced everyone making docs now but he’s still the best at it

34 Likes

Justin LaLiberty

Oct 18, 2025

I rate it this not because of the quality or force of the film, but because of the slippery feeling of spiritual loss that underpins the film. I think here filmmaking becomes a really deeply tragic blindness. What are the repercussions and boundaries of the relationship…

49 Likes

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