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Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind

2022

Ethan Coen

Documentary, Self: Jerry Lee Lewis

6.6

Documentary

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Coen has put together a thoroughly enjoyable documentary composed entirely of archive footage of Jerry Lee throughout the years and his interviews and performances (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A portrait that is far from definitive, and yet the film’s snapshot quality manages to amplify what is so mythic about the 86-year-old legend — and also what remains so vexing"	POS
United States	Jason Bailey The Playlist	"It feels like a movie anyone could’ve made, and that’s not something you can typically say about Coen picture"	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"The best word for 'Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind' is fun, because it’s impossible to watch The Killer pump those keys without a big grin."	POS
United States	Luke Hicks The Film Stage	"The interesting things we learned about him don't carry enough weight to overcome the sluggish supercut-esque pacing and, ultimately, lazy approach. At 73 minutes, [it] ends up feeling awfully long"	NEG
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"In his first solo feature, the director uses almost nothing but old performance and TV-interview clips but combines them artfully, syncing them to his own pleasure centers — and ours."	POS
United States	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Ethan Coen's unashamedly celebratory rock doc shakes its hips but doesn't ask too many probing questions (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"'Trouble in Mind' may appeal mainly to roots-rock diehards and Coen Brothers super-completists. But if it has convinced Ethan Coen not to give up on film, it was a movie well worth making."	POS
United States	Damon Wise Deadline	"A largely first-person recollection, using snippets culled from many years of the singer's TV interviews, interspersed with amazing live footage that highlights his incredible versatility"	POS
United States	Ben Croll IndieWire	"The rock doc is an amiable and easy watch that doesn't dig too deeply into the darker corners of its indelible subject"	NEU
United States	Jason Gorber rogerebert.com	"Coen's film a good introduction to the man, and even long-time fans should be pleased by the accessible yet interesting telling of the man's musical life"	POS
Canada	Zach Gayne Screen Anarchy	"A refreshing shift away from a lot of generic music documentary content nowadays, the film is the kind of naked portrait of a complex American 20th-century gem"	POS

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