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By August Brown (2) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 22 Apr 2015

Morgen has crafted an often brilliant, sometimes overheated but always humane documentary, one in which Nirvana’s music and fame is just…

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By Mike Hale (131) for The New York Times (9,847) on 22 Apr 2015

Mr…

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By John Anderson (1,358) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 22 Apr 2015

“Montage” is about expression. As such, it’s a more honest tribute to Mr. Cobain than any conventional documentary could pretend to be…

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By Joshua Rothkopf (1,058) for Time Out (7,510) on 22 Apr 2015

If you’re even remotely a fan, you need to see this…

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By Lee Marshall (157) for Screen International (2,241) on 22 Apr 2015

The film is edited to convey the comet-like arc of a talented, troubled, sensitive soul, but also as a driven, concert-length tribute to that…

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By Dennis Harvey (1,137) for Variety (12,700) on 22 Apr 2015

It’s all absorbing stuff, amply conveying the magnetism of a conflicted leader who drew fanatical adoration, yet who one suspects wasn’t…

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By Scott Tobias (1,684) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 22 Apr 2015

Morgen isn’t interested in rehashing the facts and highlights of Cobain’s life and career, or in providing chin-scratching insights via…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 21 Apr 2015

It’s his home movies with Love and baby — some playful, others drugged and drooling — that fans will find the most emotional viewing…

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By Chris Nashawaty (734) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 21 Apr 2015

It proves that Morgen isn’t interested in hagiography. He wants to show us the real Kurt Cobain, warts and all…

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By Clayton Dillard (209) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 17 Apr 2015

Director Brett Morgen distinguishes the biographical documentary by viewing himself as more of a curator than a film director…

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By Allie Gemmill (14) for CineVue (2,163) on 08 Apr 2015

What Brett Morgen crafts for his audience - in what may very well come to be known as the definitive documentary on the musician - with Cobain…

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By Patrick Smith (29) for The Telegraph (1,120) on 08 Apr 2015

Morgen manages to stay clear of hagiography, instead compiling an exhilarating piece of film-making – one that’s fully in keeping with…

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By Nick Schager (2,294) for Village Voice (8,525) on 08 Apr 2015

While its unconventional approach eventually becomes a tad wearisome, Morgen’s film proves a uniquely revealing exploration of the development,…

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By Kevin Harley (322) for Total Film (3,532) on 06 Apr 2015

Like a Cobain mixtape brought to feral life, Montage is scruffy, sharp and insightful on an oft-explored subject…

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By James Dyer (59) for Empire (3,446) on 06 Apr 2015

Slightly overlong and glosses over certain aspects but a profound examination of a tortured artist…

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By Katie Walsh (1,279) for The Playlist (3,871) on 01 Feb 2015

It’s a journey deep into the psyche of the tormented genius, that is as all-encompassing and expressive of Cobain's spirit as a film could…

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By Boyd Van Hoeij (303) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 01 Feb 2015

Impressive in parts, but wildly uneven as a whole…

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