# Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie is a 2023 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about the life of actor Michael J. Fox and his struggle with Parkinson's disease. The film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival on January 20, and was then released on May 12, 2023, on Apple TV+.
The project won the award for Best Documentary Film from the National Board of Review and received seven nominations at the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards, including for Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special, and five nominations (eventually winning them all) at the 8th Critics' Choice Documentary Awards, including Best Documentary Feature.

## Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 99% of 153 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.2/10. The website's consensus reads: "Poignant and profound, Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie offers a captivating inside look at the life and career of a beloved entertainer." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 78 out of 100, based on 35 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.
Christy Lemire of RogerEbert.com gave the film three and a half out of four stars and wrote, "This could have been mawkish—an "eat your vegetables" movie about an inspirational figure overcoming adversity. But keeping Fox's self-effacing, no-nonsense voice as a through-line consistently buoys 'Still.'"

### Accolades

| Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Documentary Feature | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Won |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Biographical Documentary | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Won |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Director | Davis Guggenheim | Won |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Narration | Michael J. Fox | Won |
| 2023 | Critics' Choice Documentary Awards | Best Editing | Michael Harte | Won |
| 2023 | Hollywood Music in Media Awards | Best Original Score in a Documentary | John Powell | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Documentary Or Nonfiction Special | Nelle Fortenberry, Laurene Powell Jobs and Nicole Stott, executive producers; Davis Guggenheim, Annetta Marion, Jonathan King and Will Cohen, produced by | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Cinematography For A Nonfiction Program | C. Kim Miles, Clair Popkin and Julia Liu | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Directing For A Documentary/Nonfiction Program | Davis Guggenheim | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Picture Editing For A Nonfiction Program | Michael Harte | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Music Composition For A Documentary Series Or Special (Original Dramatic Score) | John Powell | Won |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Editing For A Nonfiction Or Reality Program (Single Or Multi-Camera) | Michael Feuser, Rich Bologna, Wyatt Sprague, Heather Gross, Bill Bernstein | Nominated |
| 2024 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Nonfiction Program (Single or Multi-Camera) | Skip Lievsay, Benjamin Berger, Martin Kittappa and Lily van Leeuwen | Nominated |
| 2024 | British Academy Film Awards | Best Documentary | Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie | Nominated |