69
Metascore
6 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThey both saw themselves, "Dying to Know" posits, as adventurers exploring alternate realities, and hearing where they ended up is a trip all by itself.
- 75Portland OregonianMarc MohanPortland OregonianMarc MohanNothing tops the discussions of mortality between Leary and Ram Dass, during which both of these battered but unbowed explorers of reality come off as nothing less than enlightened.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisSan Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisDying to Know: Ram Dass and Timothy Leary is a love story, but not in a physical sense; instead, the love here thrives in the spiritual realm, an intimacy that makes this biographical documentary quite appealing.
- 70Village VoiceDiana ClarkeVillage VoiceDiana ClarkeThough sometimes clumsy or nostalgic, the film is an engaging oral history of Leary and Dass's friendship.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckBoth informative and moving.
- 50The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergIt’s less a social history than a commercial for alternative healing.