It is broad, but insightful in its way of saying, "They're all different, but what what they want is one thing. A good script." How "good" a screenplay is might vary, but "writing" is a collective, individual endeavor.

I actually stopped less than halfway through when I realized I had already seen the whole thing before, just in little segments during my screenwriting class.
As interesting as it is to listen to these screenwriters talk (and funny), it is a little depressing. Most of their stories are about how hard and ruthless the industry can be. But, I imagine there is much to be learned from this.

Watched at Home on Netflix Instant.

This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.

The talking head documentary can be a successful form. It requires a little more editorial control over which talking points are given time in a film than is expressed here. There's genuine advice, here, sure, and it's quite pragmatic, but there's not much of a narrative to be had. Watching it felt like scrolling through a coffee table book of inspirational quotes.

Well this film has a lot of great screenwriters interviewed in it, it's completely uncohesive. It is simply a assortment of loosely grouped tales of script writers woes. In many cases it is poorly shot, with poor audio, and corny music.

Considering the subject matter is a group of story professionals all discussing the art of storytelling, this documentary has a surprising lack of any through
line or structure.

Kontentan: Det är synd om manusförfattarna i Hollywood. Buhu! (Filmens behållning: att få se Shane Black, Carpenter, Darabont, Josh Friedman mfl dra underhållande anekdoter.)

If you like movies, you're very likely to enjoy this documentary, featuring a wide array of screenwriters from the very popular to the little known, all talking about the business of Hollywood from their perspective. This is not the flashiest documentary and the filmmakers find a formula and stick to it: segments about various portions of the professional lives of screenwriters, with a short movie clip to introduce each. It's mostly talking heads in front of a camera, but it certainly kept my interest.

A disappointingly unimaginative documentary made with no cinematic flair at all -- more reminiscent of DVD bonus content than anything. It is simply a series of interviews with more and less known script writers, cut together. The interviews are fine and at times insightful, it's just that it is nothing more than a long series of interviews with screen writers, split up into chapters, with each chapter introduced by a little movie scene about screenwriting. A wasted effort, all in all.

I am a writer by choice, a producer through necessity, and a director in self-defense.
-Melville Shavelson

As a documentary I don't think it's particularly good. I think good documentaries can engage people who weren't interested in the subject matter before hand. With that said I quite enjoyed this and I think anyone that finds the script process interesting should enjoy the film, although when you come down to it, the film is basically a series of anecdotes from talking heads.