The New Robert Downey Sr Documentary Is Annoying

A Netflix documentary about counterculture filmmaker Robert Downey Sr, directed by his much more famous actor son, Sr. charts the last three years of the life of “Bob Sr” before he dies of Parkinson’s disease in 2021 at age eighty-five. Since the content itself is inherently poignant, it’s remarkable how stubbornly uninvolving much of the film is.