Mike Wallace Is Here

Mike Wallace Is Here

For a documentary with its subject’s name in the title, “Mike Wallace Is Here” is surprisingly slim on biographical details. Sure, we get some brief insight into the TV journalist’s childhood, his multiple marriages, and his failings as a father, but his son Chris Wallace gets less time on screen than people his father merely interviewed, ranging from Bette Davis to Ayatollah Khomeini. Instead, Avi Belkin‘s film spends most of its time on the professional life of Mike Wallace, itself a commentary on both his limited engagement with his family as well as his impact on today’s TV news and political scene. - Kimber Myers

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