Review of Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006) by Liam P — 19 Oct 2007

It's a really interesting examination of a band and what occurs when good times suddenly turn bad. It's also a telling investigation of intelligent women and the bonds and ties that can forever unite them.

My only criticism is that perhaps the documentary as a whole is a little too glossy and the jump forward in time and then backward in time at one point served only to suggest that the film was verging solely on being a piece of propaganda.

In the end that sense disappeared but I wished that the more silent scenes like the one of banjoist Emily Robison playing, leaning against the recording studio wall had played a more significant part in the telling of their story.

Still, it's an impressive piece of filmmaking and a prime example of the importance of the documentary genre.