David Foster: Off the Record

While the doc might prove that [Foster's] approach worked, it's progressively tedious to revisit these hits through such a thick air of self-affirmation.

A once-over-lightly portrait that teeters between offering a fascinating close-up look at how the sausage of pop gets made and being a kind of infomercial.

Despite the film's laudatory tone, a portrait of Foster is competently painted by the veteran documentarian Avrich.

Arrogance and a self-congratulatory attitude permeates throughout David Foster: Off the Record, rendering the documentary almost impossible to glean any insight…

He's a self-confessed problematic individual, which the film somewhat embraces, but it's best enjoyed as a testament to an astonishing career.

Foster created the easiest of easy listening. Still, it takes an iron fist to generate so much fluff, as we learn in the amusingly frank documentary David Foster: Off the Record.

What a great journey through musical history in the eyes of the genius himself. It gives insight into a perfectionist who never settled for less. David Foster: Off The Record is a treat for music fans of artists who sounds he made legendary

It's obvious from how Foster and others speak about him that he is his harshest critic and doesn't necessarily think of himself as all that successful.

Avrich does a remarkable job through all of David Foster: Off The Record at capturing every facet of the man, seemingly leaving no stone unturned.