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A Dog Called Money

2019

Seamus Murphy

Documentary, Self: PJ Harvey

6.4

284

Documentary On her travels, British musician PJ Harvey collects inspirational material that she later turns into songs. Seamus Murphy transposes the artist’s search for material into a poetic montage without divesting Harvey of her enigmatic aura.

	Author	Review
United States	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is full of arresting imagery but lacks narrative shape or journalistic rigor (...) A freewheeling visual collage which unearths little of substance from a potentially fascinating mass of material"	NEU
	Davide Abbatescianni Cineuropa	"The documentary lacks consistency and cohesion (...) The interminable sequences of beautiful shots are pleasant enough to look at but rarely tug at the viewer’s heartstrings."	NEU
United Kingdom	Cath Clarke The Guardian	"A disappointingly uninsightful documentary (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ed Potton The Times	"It’s often striking but at times feels close to misery tourism (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Phil de Semlyen Time Out	"Surprisingly sophomoric and one-paced, this music doc is an experiment that doesn't come off (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Alan Corr RTÉ	"It is somewhat of a state of the world address filtered through Harvey’s abstract music and she keeps her distance and, indeed, a certain mystique throughout (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"Strange but kind of hypnotic too (...) Harvey makes a fascinating central subject (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	June Butler Film Ireland	"[Harvey and Murphy carve] an alliance that benefits and unifies, ultimately bringing forth its own potent and unique creation. This is a documentary well worth viewing."	POS

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