EVERYTHING IS COPY (2015)

I've always had a fascination with writer/director Nora Ephron.  From the brilliant, important Silkwood to almost singlehandedly catapulting Meg Ryan to stardom via Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally, Ephron was a pioneer who - at heart - most often wrote about love gone both good and bad.  This HBO documentary, co-directed and produced by Ephron's son (by famed Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein, her one-time husband) Jacob Bernstein, isn't so much a controversial tell-all but more of a loving tribute - maybe even a final goodbye - from son to mom that chronicles Ephron's growing up the daughter of semi-successful screenwriting parents, to her holding her own in both the entertainment industry and feminist movement.  Interviews with those her knew her (including many famous faces), usually conducted by Jacob himself, add color to an already colorful life and show that, regardless of anything else, Ephron was much-loved and will be hugely missed by those who blessed to have known her.  Nothing groundbreaking, but nicely done. (not rated)  B