Review of Amazing Grace (2018) by Acetotheface — 24 Aug 2014

This movie was a bore from start to finish.

This review of Amazing Grace (2018) was written by Acetotheface on 24 Aug 2014.

Amazing Grace has generally received very positive reviews.

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By Wesley Morris (1,967) for The New York Times (9,847) on 29 Nov 2018

You get both the most lovely gaze a professional camera’s ever laid upon Aretha Franklin and some of the mightiest singing she’s ever laid…

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Painstakingly reassembled by producer Alan Elliott (Pollack, who never gave up hope on the project, died in 2008), Amazing Grace shows us an…

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By Liam Lacey (1,725) for Original-Cin (1,156) on 11 Apr 2019

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 18 Jun 2018

Unlike its subject, Amazing Grace won't change the world, but its quasi-religious sense of conviction proves rousing…

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By Swelleanor (12) on 20 Apr 2019

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By Odie Henderson (402) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 14 Nov 2018

This film is a powerful love letter to the Black Church, offering a soul-shaking introduction for the unfamiliar and a grandmotherly yank of…

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By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for The Guardian (2,969) on 10 May 2019

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 13 Nov 2018

Amazing Grace will not enter the pantheon of concert films — it's somewhat shapeless as a movie, and gives little sense of emotional insight…

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