Steve McQueen: American Icon

I felt the film did his name justice to a certain degree with a Christian lean which is fine by me if the Truth is presented about it. There were times that felt rather forced with insights that could have been looked up on the Web which I find as a minor insult as the host decides to drive Bullitt's Mustang around in the form of Stephen McQueen which rubbed me the wrong way because the story is about Stevie and shouldn't allude to anything else. The King of Cool smirks, drops his head and chuckles at certain parts of this piece but still thanks us for keeping him in mind as a token of faith in the walk.

This film is not about Steve McQueen's life. It's about his Christian faith. It touches on very little before he was born again in the last year of his life - after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I didn't mind the the subject matter, but I left feeling like I didn't learn much about his life leading up to his diagnosis. I felt deceived. These were full-priced feature cinema tickets. I wish they'd been more up front about the subject matter.

Pastor Laurie was taking us on a journey. I too, like him, had heard that Steve McQueen, one of my favorite actors, had become a Christian near the end of his life. But I had always wondered if it was true and how it happened...I love that it DID happen and that it happened before his diagnosis of cancer. This answered all my questions and gave a great overview of Steve's private life and public life...Thank you to all for sharing Steve's story, like he would have wanted. The part about Billy Graham was amazing!

This was a good documentary. If you watch the trailer you'll understand that it's centered around McQueen's search for faith and how he became a Christian about a year or so before passing. However, it still chronicled his life from birth to death. There were a ton of great interviews highlighting both his public and personal life. It would have been helpful to interview his children but who knows why they didn't. Who knows the relationship he had with them. I feel like it was an honest movie showing both his darker moments as well as his search for something greater. It's crucial though to watch the trailer so you fully understand the premise of the movie. Apparently some people just saw that it was about Steve McQueen and didn't understand it would somewhat focus on his journey of faith.

There is quite a lot of detailed information about Steve McQueen especially interesting was his childhood issues lack of love from parents years in reformatory which shaped his persona and in fact made his screen presence as a tough guy. He had a great love of machinery "cars motorcycles" and women living a very hedonistic lifestyle. Narrated and produced by evangelist Greg Laurie who drives an iconic replica green mustang in the film. There are greet interviews from many people including Mel Gibson.

While watching you realized that McQueen was a very complicated man striving for success and once achieved still did not find happiness. Sad to see how hard he worked and perfected his art and not be fulfilled. It's only on the last days of his life that he was at peace.

One complaint is the music is so loud and distracting that you can't understand dialogue. Good documentary worth watch.