Review of Festival Express (2003) by Christopher Null for Filmcritic.com — 07 Nov 2004

Ultimately feels a little like warm leftovers.

This review of Festival Express (2003) was written by Christopher Null and published by Filmcritic.com on 07 Nov 2004.

Festival Express has generally received very positive reviews.

Was this review helpful?

Yes

More reviews of this movie:

More Reviews of Festival Express

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Giulia L (9) on 07 Feb 2008

Worth seeing if only for Janis Joplin's live performance of Cry, Baby…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Roman E (26) on 14 Feb 2008

A decent documentary on a legendary musical train ride through Canada…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Todd D (83) on 14 Nov 2007

Quite simply, the most amazing acid and booze filled musical train ride through Canada. with fuckin incredible preformances…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Wesley B (148) on 06 Oct 2009

I'm always in the mood for this. just straight up classic 1970…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By John M (4,356) on 14 Jul 2007

As an editor, sometimes there's nothing more frustrating than watching unedited rushes…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Tash R (29) on 29 Jul 2007

Great documentary that shows these rock bands more intimately than they ever been shown before…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Jerome S (106) on 22 Feb 2008

GRATE MOVIE!!!! loved seeing the jamming in the train...what a trip, too bad the greedy Canadian hippies screwed over everybody…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Jamiee ♥ B (11) on 09 Aug 2007

Janis Joplin, you so crazy! The music on the train was better than most of the concert footage…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Mark A (1,301) on 27 May 2009

Back in the summer of 1970, an historic event took place that few here in the states knew about…

Read Review

Review of Festival Express (2003)

By Eitan S (3) on 13 Oct 2007

This movie was kind of a letdown because I thought the majority of this would be about the interaction of musicians on the train…

Read Review

More reviews of this movie

Reviews of Similar Movies

Review of Coldplay: Live 2003 (2003)

By Carly G (37) on 30 Mar 2010

From Coldplay (one of my personal favorites) comes their live 2003 tour for their 2nd studio album A RUSH OF BLOOD TO THE HEAD…

Read Review

Review of Picture of Light (1994)

By John B (4,244) on 14 Feb 2012

Mettler finds interesting topics to bring to our attention. In this case, the topic is only midly interesting…

Read Review

Review of The Saddest Music in the World (2003)

By Chris W (2,796) on 21 Dec 2012

I don't understand how 78% of viewers say they liked it...it is a weird unwatchable movie…

Read Review

Review of Long Live Rock... Celebrate the Chaos (2021)

By Kristen Yoonsoo Kim (115) for The New York Times (9,847) on 11 Mar 2021

Long Live Rock feels, at best, like a passionate but elementary essay. More often than not, it feels like a table of contents…

Read Review

More Reviews

Popular Movies Right Now

Upgrade

2018

76%696 Reviews

Past Lives

2023

84%62 Reviews

Split

2017

71%1,218 Reviews

The Voyeurs

2021

58%19 Reviews

Logan

2017

82%1,785 Reviews

Oppenheimer

2023

85%310 Reviews

Love

2015

54%174 Reviews

Terrifier 2

2022

65%48 Reviews

Avengers: Endgame

2019

86%432 Reviews

A Quiet Place

2018

76%1,685 Reviews

Movies You Viewed Recently

Festival Express

2003

75%112 Reviews

Under the Same Moon

2007

73%572 Reviews

I Am Legend

2007

69%1,002 Reviews

Pieces

2003

64%207 Reviews

Bandits

2001

64%486 Reviews

Spring Breakers

2013

53%1,020 Reviews

Camp

2003

61%447 Reviews

The Good Shepherd

2006

61%773 Reviews

Grease

1978

77%698 Reviews

Hello, My Name Is Doris

2015

68%404 Reviews