| Critics Reviews |
Average Grade: |
B- |
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| Source |
Brief Review |
Grade* |
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie |
"...it could just as well have been titled John Lennon for Dummies." more... |
C |
Boston Globe
Ty Burr |
"A Lennon love fest, and an evocative tour of the '60s." more... |
B |
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington |
"...it's a movie that, at its best, makes you ache with the memory of an anguished era and its fallen pop culture hero." more... |
B |
Entertainment Weekly
Owen Gleiberman |
"...the easy-listening version of a firebrand documentary; nothing in it is as incendiary as its title." more... |
B |
New York Post
Lou Lumenick |
"...seems aimed primarily at nostalgists and members of Generation Y who are barely aware of the Vietnam era." more... |
B- |
New York Times
A.O. Scott |
"When it concentrates on the particulars of Lennon¿s activism and on Nixon¿s apparent obsession with him, the film offers its clearest window on the past." more... |
C+ |
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers |
"Powerful stuff." more... |
B |
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle |
"Within limits, this is an excellent documentary." more... |
B |
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Bill White |
"This exhaustive account of Lennon's years from 1966 to 1976 reveals an unpleasant truth about government paranoia..." more... |
B |
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