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American Utopia

American Utopia

2020

Spike Lee

Documentary, Self: David Byrne

7.8

267

Documentary. Musical Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman's brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"The film is studded with numbers that take your breath away (...) It’s David Byrne and Spike Lee reveling in the majesty, and hidden magic, of the here and now."	POS
United Kingdom	Fionnuala Halligan Screendaily	"Byrne pops around the stage like a man rejuvenated, or perhaps one who has never aged, without as much as breaking a sweat. How wonderful for it all to be the same as it ever was."	POS
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"One of the best concert docs since 'Stop Making Sense' (...) You can tell that 'American Utopia' was made by a master filmmaker by the end of the first song"	POS
United States	Jordan Hoffman Vanity Fair	"An all-time great concert film (...) 'American Utopia' is an outstanding collaboration between two essential artists"	POS
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Byrne and Spike Lee burn down the house with style (...) [It is] a series of set pieces, but what wonderful set pieces they are"	POS
United States	Robert Daniels The Playlist	"[Its] importance extends beyond the songs (...) [It] is an ideal world; it’s exhilarating and joyful; and Byrne and Lee actually do make a perfect pair"	POS
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A joyous expression of art, empathy, and compassion (...) [Lee brings] viewers into the show with his incredible directing, putting us right on stage with these talented artists (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"Whether you’re a David Byrne fan or not, 'David Byrne’s American Utopia' shows two artists — Byrne and Lee — who can take the standard concert film and make it into something different and special."	POS

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