Gary

2024
1h 31m

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6.6/10

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Explores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, providing insight into his private world.

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Explores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, ... Read allExplores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, providing insight into his private world.Explores Gary Coleman's rise to fame as a child star, his struggles with living in the spotlight, financial troubles, depression, and the controversy surrounding his tragic death at age 42, providing insight into his private world.

Director
- Robin Dashwood
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

525

YOUR RATING

Director
- Robin Dashwood
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Self
(archive footage)

Shannon Price

Self - Gary's Ex-Wife

Sue Coleman

Self - Gary's Mother

Victor Perillo

Self - Gary's Theatrical Agent

W.G. Coleman

Self - Gary's Father
(as Willie Coleman)

Eve Brandstein

Self - Casting Director, Diff'rent Strokes

Todd Bridges

Self - 'Willis' in Diff'rent Strokes

JoAnn Stafford-Chaney

Self - Hairstylist, Diff'rent Strokes
(as Joann Stafford-Chaney)

Dion Mial

Self - Gary's Friend

Sheila Erickson

Self - Gary's Utah Theatrical Agent
(as Sheila Erickson Rolls)

Drew Ryce

Self - Gary's Lawyer

Brandi Buys

Self - Gary's Friend

Randy Kester

Self - Gary's Utah Lawyer

Darren Nord

Self - Gary's Friend

Anna Gray

Self - Gary's Friend

Conrad Bain

Self - 'Philip' in Diff'rent Strokes
(archive footage)

Dana Plato

Self - 'Kimberly' in Diff'rent Strokes
(archive footage)

Norman Lear

Self - Producer, Good Times
(archive footage)

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Gary Coleman: Celebrity's always a burden. I don't care who you are. I don't care how much you claim you like it. You're stuck with it for life. You're gonna die a celebrity. Even if you haven't worked in 20 years.

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10/10

Very moving, sad story

Interviews with many of the people closest to Coleman, notably his ex-wife and his longtime former agent and manager, along with his closest and dearest friends, who state the case for why that first group was responsible for a life that Coleman him expressed as being full of misery.

The film is very well edited, especially given all the ground it covers and the huge differences among those interviewed about who's to blame for what. The film also shows a beautiful degree of compassion for all that Coleman went through in his life without covering up a few of the times when he exhibited questionable behavior.