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• GUARDIAN The Boy Who Lived finds comfort in how friends cope when one of the team falls down, and it has the wisdom to recognise that the person who is supposed to need looking after often ends up caring for everyone else

• VARIETY The documentary works to introduce its audience to Holmes, who proves deserving of the spotlight. But they’ll go in knowing Radcliffe already, and as a result, it’s the star who feels most illuminated by The Boy Who Lived.

• FINANCIAL TIMES Through [Holmes'] untainted pride for his work, the film becomes not just a tribute to one individual, but to all those behind the scenes who bring magic to the movies.

• WALL STREET JOURNAL Much of what makes The Boy Who Lived special are the inexplicable ways people respond to the unexpected, and the randomly tragic, and whether they stick around when it would be much easier to vanish, as if by wizardry.

• DAILY TELEGRAPH This quietly inspiring portrait of stoicism ends, beautifully...

• CNN Alternately uplifting and devastating, a warm reminiscence about the Harry Potter franchise and a glimpse into child stardom, it’s finally a tribute to its namesake, who concludes that he’d “better tell my story, or it won’t be told.

• NEW YORK TIMES “The Boy Who Lived” provides an unusual behind-the-scenes portrait of how life goes on after movies are made

• LONDON EVENING STANDARD n this tragic story, Holmes is unbowed -- and to see him and Radcliffe ambling through the Potter archives together, reminiscing about the good times, is both triumphant and heartbreaking

• COLLIDER David Holmes: The Boy Who Lived is a remarkable story of resilience and love, told through the optimistic eyes of Holmes and his tremendous support system.

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