Long Strange Trip

Amazon Prime

7.5

Ratings

Year: 2017
Country: United States
Director: Amir Bar-Lev
Cast: Documentary, (Self: Bob Weir, Jerry Garcia, Bill Kreutzmann, Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, Donna Godchaux) ...
Genre: Documentary | Music Documentary

Synopsis

The tale of the Grateful Dead is inspiring, complicated, and downright messy. A tribe of contrarians, they made art out of open-ended chaos and inadvertently achieved success on their own terms. Never-before-seen footage and interviews offer this unprecedented and unvarnished look at the life of the Dead.

		Author	Review
United States	M	Daniel M. Gold The New York Times	"Ambitiously assembled and elegantly directed by Amir Bar-Lev (...) The film is neither comprehensive nor definitive."	NEU
United States	M	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"Amir Bar-Lev's epic chronicle is good enough to captivate nonbelievers (...) An ardent piece of documentary classicism"	POS
United States	F	Sheri Linden Los Angeles Times	"Thoughtful, deeply affectionate and concerned more with essence than chronology (...) A work of monumental research and masterfully layered audio and visuals"	POS
United Kingdom	F	Julia Raeside The Guardian	"[A] rich rock doc (...) My Grateful Dead knowledge is limited, and the first episode did nothing to grab me by the throat and urge me to find out more. But I’m glad I persisted."	POS
United States	M	Noel Murray AV Club	"The magnificent 'Long Strange Trip' captures the splendor and folly of the Grateful Dead (...) Bar-Lev understands how the little things matter."	POS
United States	M	Stephen Dalton The Hollywood Reporter	"'Long Strange Trip' also provides a detailed primer for curious rock fans who never bought into the cult around the band (...) An affectionate and well-crafted documentary"	POS
United States	M	David Fear Rolling Stone	"[A] heartbreaking tribute (...) The movie nails the push-pull tension that made these guys such a majestic music-making mess"	POS
United States	M	Wes Greene Slant	"It plays like one of the Grateful Dead's seminal concerts: protracted and digressive, yet intricate in its design (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	POS

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