‘Becoming Cary Grant’
This exquisite documentary peels back the layers of Cary Grant’s persona in an effort to lay his psyche bare. Becoming Cary Grant uses passages from the actor’s unpublished memoirs and never-before-seen home movies to weave together a candid look at his life. Grant was born Archie Leach in Bristol and found his world torn asunder when his mother abandoned him as a child. Later in life, he would be gobsmacked by a horrifying revelation about his mother — but he would only discover this after he became a Hollywood mega-star. The film delves into the contradictions that comprised one of Hollywood’s most legendary leading men.