Venus and Serena

"A starry-eyed pop doc that cannot transcend its scattershot, for-fans-only filmmaking."

"The film works best as a primer, as it would take a miniseries to do justice to all that the sisters have accomplished..."

"(Directors Baird and Major) serve up a compromised conventional hagiography, more or less shrugging off the bad times."

"The lively if slightly worshipful new documentary Venus and Serena breaks little new ground..."

"Venus and Serena... successfully reveals these private faces in a fascinating if occasionally disjointed way."

"A reasonably engaging look behind the scenes."

"An engaging, warts-and-all look at the Williams sisters."

"It doesn't quite get inside their heads, but it's brimming with vigour - rather like the girls themselves."

"Once Venus and Serena flips through the duo's collection of greatest hits and hissy fits, it settles into a groove of lip service from famous people ..."

"Think of this movie as a greatest-hits package, with some good stuff to show but nothing very new to say."

"The sisters themselves reveal a little, mostly because of Serena's unguarded imperiousness; but as a study of sports supercelebrity it's a tad subdued."