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The Go-Go's

2020

Alison Ellwood

Documentary, Self: Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, Gina Schock, Kathy Valentine ...

6.5

62

Documentary In their early days in the Los Angeles punk scene, Belinda Carlisle and Jane Wiedlin were inspired, ambitious, and determined. They formed an all-girl band, called themselves the Go-Go’s, learned to play their instruments, and wrote their own songs. Their ascent in the early 1980s coalesced with great group chemistry, the birth of MTV and the music video, and their chart-topping album, Beauty and the Beat. However, as the pressure of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Todd Gilchrist The Wrap	"[It] manages to showcase the essential, resilient, irrepressible humanity of their history every bit as vividly as it celebrates their art."	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"An ace documentary (...) It’s just the kind of ’80s nostalgia we need"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"As a deep dive into the band's personal and collective history, the slickly assembled film will give fans what they want."	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"You’ve seen this before, and in exactly this format (...) Luckily, the band’s story doesn’t need more than that"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"A music bio-doc that embodies the rebellious spirit of its subject (...) Part of the charm of 'The Go-Go’s' is in the group itself"	POS

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