Ich war Paul Walker

Coming to Cinemas for a limited release this friday in Australia, I Am Paul Walker takes a look at the life of the Fast & Furious actor through the lens of his family & close friends. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this film, I myself was a low key fan of Paul Walker and the Fast & Furious films, and I really thought that he was succeeding at finding more interesting roles before he tragically passed away a few years ago.

I ended up quite liking this documentary, mainly because it focuses more on Walker's upbringing and then struggles from the excessive fame he obtained after the Fast & Furious films by mainly interviewing family members & close friends instead of co-stars. The only exception to this is Tyrese Gibson who provides a nice balance without taking up an overwhelming part of the film, this gives I Am Paul Walker a very personal and intimate feeling.

Visually the film uses many family photos and home video (which there is a lot of) provided by the family and paints a very interesting portrait of the type of person that Paul Walker was, it is very clear that he was all about family, and helping others which makes the ending pack even more of a punch when they inevitably reach the day he went out in that porsche.

Overall I Am Paul Walker reveals an intimate picture of his early life right through to his stardom, being well edited and including many anecdotes from Walker's family & friends makes this film a must see for fans and people curious about struggles with fame. I thoroughly enjoyed this film and recommend to go see it this Friday (20th Sept) during it's limited theatrical run here in Australia.

Thanks to The Backlot Films for providing me with a screener for review.

HBO Canada finally aired the documentary. Thank you to the family and friends of Paul for sharing him and the stories about him. We all knew Paul was a generous and kind person. I learnt a lot more about such a great human being. #begood #ripPW

As a big fan of Paul Walker my review may be a bit biased but I think that this documentary is a touching tribute to one of hollywoods best actors of the past decade. As you may know Paul Walker was most notably known as Brian O'Connor from the fast and furious franchise but this documentary also acknowledges his other roles he played whether that be as a young child actor or in his later films also. We get a great insight into walkers childhood through many home videos and interviews with his mother, father, uncle, siblings and friends including probably his closest friend in the acting world Tyrese. The documentary focuses on Walker trying to balance between a peaceful life surfing and spending time with his daughter and the demanding Hollywood lifestyle. The only criticism I have of this is that they didn't get an interview with his wife, daughter or any other of his co stars this could have been due to them not wanting to speak on the matter as I can imagine it is still very sensitive even to this day.

All in all a very heartfelt tribute to a great actor, family man and good friend. RIP Paul Walker.

I highly recommend watching this documentary, it's inspirational, funny, and sad. Back in 2001, as a kid, I watched this movie on VHS called "The Fast and The Furious". I loved it and immediately became a fan. Paul walker's character Brian O'Connor was one of my favorite characters. I knew that Paul's career would take off. I was devastated when I read the news of Paul's passing. Paul Walker's legacy will live on for generations. I always wanted to be an actor. I wish I could do a movie with Paul Walker. If any fans, friends, or Paul Walker's family members reads this understand that Paul Walker will never be forgotten. He was a gift from God, an angel. His spirit will live on within our hearts and lives forever. Everyone should honor Paul's legacy.

R.I.P. Paul Walker September 12th, 1973-November 30th, 2013

This is a truly wonderful documentary about Paul's life, really sad to see not many watched it. If I had only one complaint, I would have liked to see them talk about just how impacted the world was by his loss. It wasn't like your everyday celeb pasing, Paul was someone special. In the Philippines, his death was heart breaking because of all the work he did there after what happened.

I never met Pail of course but loved him in all his movies, he seemed so genuine and kind. Aside from Robin Williams, Paul's death was one that made me cry. The world lost an amazing person way to early. And even more sad is it probably could have been avoided if not for his friend having to take the car around the block.