Obit

"Obit" manages to be both about a specific type of journalism and the larger world it reflects while dropping in all manner of colorful lives and circumstances.

The real subject here is storytelling, the creation of a stylish, authoritative, highly personal record of "how the world got to be the way it is." One more thing to miss about newspapers when they go.

As someone who takes great pleasure in both reading and writing valedictions to the recently deceased, I can personally attest that the movie's dead on.

It is fascinating to watch the writers in "Obit" strive to do right by their subjects, warts and all.

These folks are neither dour nor sappy; they are just talented journalists who want to do right by the people who left their mark on the world.

The people brought to life here, using a combination of the written obituary and news clips, are a varied and fascinating bunch.

It's almost enough to inspire the reader to go out and do something important

Far from being depressing, dirge-like or morbid, Obit is vivacious, funny and effortlessly entertaining.

If you're an avid newspaper reader, you won't want to miss this informative and entertaining documentary.

Obit. dives deep, into the morgue, into writers' and editors' hearts and minds, into the dead. Obit.'s world is fascinating indeed.

While it's worth a flip-through, Obit doesn't merit an above-the-fold headline.

Obit isn't a film that strays from the conventional path.