Review of Greetings from Tim Buckley (2013) by Brad S — 18 Apr 2015

A mood poem of a film that captures some touching and thoughtful moments around the ideas of legacy, fatherhood, and artistic impulse.

This review of Greetings from Tim Buckley (2013) was written by Brad S on 18 Apr 2015.

Greetings from Tim Buckley has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Bill S (2,971) on 26 Sep 2013

A snapshot of father and son unintended connection through the cosmos.....if not an unfocused one…

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By Chris M (3,023) on 11 Mar 2015

Complete Dud. A Tim Buckley/Jeff Buckley movie with numerous performances, yet no hint of Morning Dew, Hallelujah, or So Real…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 01 May 2013

Badgley, best known for playing lonely boy Dan Humphrey on Gossip Girl, is a revelation. He wears his role like a second skin…

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By Cj Johnson (473) for ABC Radio (Australia) (677) on 27 Aug 2013

It's a quiet movie of small rewards, made by a whole lot of talented people taking a risk and pulling it off with humble aplomb…

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By Jamie T (429) on 25 Aug 2013

A slowly unfolding character drama that will most-likely not appeal to many movie-goers, Greetings from Tim Buckley is a film about a tribute…

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By Kim W (408) on 31 Oct 2015

Woke up to it playing on foxtel got me hooked straight away being a fan of both musicians. Great performance from everyone. Loved it…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 01 Apr 2013

The result is at once skillfully observed and a bit so-what…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 01 May 2013

It’s sweet, sentimental, almost inevitably touching if not especially persuasive, brushing against the thorns in each man’s life without…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 01 May 2013

Director Daniel Algrant chose well with Badgley, who transcends the rather made-for-TV vibe with a decent rendition of Buckley’s haunting falsetto…

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By Owen Gleiberman (3,271) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 30 Apr 2013

Penn Badgley saunters around with an air of spooky self-possession, and he does a dead-on impersonation of Buckley's high-vibrato wail…

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