About.com  
"It's an extraordinary and moving tale,
at once hilarious and tragic."

Hollywood Elsewhere 
"...an absolutely riveting performance from one of the most under-appreciated actors of his or any generation of the 20th century."

Atlanta Southern Voice  GRADE: A-
"...funny, introspective and touching."

Hollywood Stock Exchange  
"Do yourself a favor and catch this funny and poignant look at an authentic life."

The Austin Chronicle 
"Alternately funny, inspiring, and affecting..." (Review & Interview with the directors)

Indiewire 
"Reilly recounts his life with often dark hilarity'" 

CinemATL   
"...anyone interested in getting to know Charles Nelson Reilly the actor and Charles Nelson Reilly the man will leave satisfied and humbled".

L.A. Weekly
"Warm and hilarious . . . like a Spalding Gray monologue loosened up with a few shots of tequila . . ."

Chlotrudis       
"Reilly relays his story with the passion, wit, and subtlety of a truly great actor."

Los Angeles Times
“ . . . an amiable reminder of a show biz original.”

Clizbiz 
"...there is no way to overstate this: the film is BRILLIANT."

Notcoming.com 
"...a verbal testament to survival and success...  While 'The Life of Reilly' is charmingly wistful and unassuming, Reilly himself is exuberance incarnate . . ."

Communicatrix 
"...a hilarious, breathtaking telling of a fascinating life..."

Salon.com 
"Reilly is an actor of tremendous natural range with an extraordinary life story."

Daily Variety
  "With equal measures of prickly wit, gleeful pride and bemused gratitude, Charles Nelson Reilly looks back at his life... in this thoroughly engaging filmization of his one-man stage show"

Seattle Times   
"Like Julia Sweeney's "God Said Ha!," "The Life of Reilly "... is wickedly funny, warmhearted and wise."

The Dallas Observer 
"...surprisingly awesome"

South Florida Sun-Sentinel       
 "At first, the film's subject matter seemed like it would be something slight, or worse, terribly boring. And I couldn't have been more wrong."

Documentary Insider
"(The directors) use grace and honor to show Reilly’s story from top to bottom. I was actually moved."

The Stranger (Seattle)
Recommended!  "Charles Nelson Reilly showed up on TV game shows in the '70s and in a few guest appearances on The X-Files, but who knew he could do this?"

E-Filmcritic.com 
"...touching and hilarious..." 
(Interview with co-director Anderson)

Washington DC Metro Weekly   
"(Reilly) is very much alive and in exceptional form, recounting his life's story with a flair and flourish, panache and pathos, wit and wisdom."

Filethirteen 
"...simply jaw-dropping... about the most interesting one man show to ever be seen."

The Washington City Paper
"...a small movie with a gigantic personality at the center..."

Film Threat   
"(The Life of Reilly) holds wrenching emotional power in its naked, warts-and-all history of one man’s life, spun into a monologue more riveting than all two hours and twenty-four minutes of “Transformers...”

The Washington Post 
"The Life of Reilly" finally gives this overlooked actor and teacher his due."

HDNet
  "...a movie that I absolutely love".