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By Robert Levin (797) for amNewYork (559) on 13 Jun 2013

Above all, the movie works thanks to its doggedly personal focus, with the subjects given a rare chance to shape their own narratives…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Christian Science Monitor (3,788) on 13 Jun 2013

I have rarely seen a movie that better expressed the revivifying nature of music…

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By Greg Evans (65) for Bloomberg News (117) on 13 Jun 2013

The pantheon gets its overdue spotlight in Morgan Neville's Twenty Feet From Stardom, a documentary nearly as glorious as the voices it celebrates…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 13 Jun 2013

When any one of these women steps up to the microphone - well, they really soar. And they carry us along with them…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 12 Jun 2013

A moving and joyous behind-the-scenes documentary about a world filled with big, bold personalities and the music they make…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 12 Jun 2013

Audiences meet the most memorable voices in the world of backup singers…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 12 Jun 2013

Sometimes it's racism; sometimes bum luck; sometimes it's producer Phil Spector putting Love's voice in another singer's mouth. You watch…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 12 Jun 2013

In a film that’s often sad but not without its triumphs, director Morgan Neville smartly explores the complex role that ego and self-promotion…

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By A.o. Scott (2,100) for New York Times (5,786) on 12 Jun 2013

This generous, fascinating documentary about the careers of backup singers, most of them African-American women, seeks to rewrite the history…

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By Justin Lowe (291) for Hollywood Reporter (2,966) on 12 Jun 2013

Neville unearths a treasure trove of archival TV, concert and film footage featuring many of these vocalists in their heyday, balancing the…

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By Donald J. Levit (489) for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (1,771) on 12 Jun 2013

Sundance-premièred '20 Feet from Stardom' showcases those fantastic backing voices which come from largely unknown uncredited throats…

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By Sam Adams (514) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 11 Jun 2013

Twenty Feet From Stardom touches on fascinating issues, but too often it does no more than that…

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By Edward Douglas (1,395) for ComingSoon.net (2,031) on 11 Jun 2013

An amazing group of women with stories that need to be heard and seen to be believed…

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By Kam Williams (1,272) for AALBC.com (174) on 11 Jun 2013

A reverential retrospective representing the first tip of the cap to backups I can remember since Lou Reed warbled 'And the colored girls go…

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By Ernest Hardy (466) for Village Voice (8,525) on 10 Jun 2013

It does what the most powerful films and music have always done, which is to spark contemplation of our own lives and choices, and our place…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 10 Jun 2013

The sisterhood who have made this an art form mostly remain unsung heroes, as it were, of the hit parade. Their collective bow is long overdue…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 10 Jun 2013

It's hard to imagine another documentary this year that will be as uplifting, entertaining and moving...It is the musical cure for whatever ails you…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 09 Jun 2013

It’s still a welcome, entertaining and overdue delivery of credit where credit was and is due…

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By Tomas Hachard (101) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Jun 2013

This joyous documentary leaves us wanting to immediately seek out the incredible, sometimes unfamiliar music we've just heard…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine/Vulture (3,519) on 09 Jun 2013

You gasp at the ecstatic convergence of lung power and spirit…

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