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By Kelly Vance (1,015) for East Bay Express (1,012) on 02 May 2012

Macdonald effectively lets the talking heads and the music explain the longevity of Marley's appeal…

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By Tony Macklin (521) for tonymacklin.net (414) on 27 Apr 2012

Marley is a terrific documentary. It goes beyond one figure, and captures the essence of life itself…

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By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 26 Apr 2012

Good documentaries make us want to know more about their subject. But great ones like Marley don't need to…

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By Mike Scott (1,178) for Times-Picayune (642) on 26 Apr 2012

It's certainly comprehensive, even if -- at two and a half hours long -- not exactly concise…

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By Graham Young (657) for Birmingham Post (543) on 25 Apr 2012

If you'd asked me a month ago how Marley had died, I might have cluelessly suggested a drug overdose…

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By Tom Dawson (244) for The List (2,018) on 24 Apr 2012

Chronicles the life and times of the first musical superstar from the third world to gain a global audience, with the reggae singer's posthumous…

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By Dwight Brown (181) for National Newspaper Publishers Association (180) on 23 Apr 2012

You'll walk away from this ambitious documentary longing to hear Marley's voice again (thank heaven for iTunes) and with a deep respect for a man…

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By Alistair Harkness (1,042) for Scotsman (1,471) on 22 Apr 2012

In the end, it's just good, comprehensive storytelling, a film that justifies the legend rather than hypes it…

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By Scott Bowles (160) for USA Today (4,117) on 21 Apr 2012

Sprinkled with riffs, concert footage and home videos, the family-authorized documentary does what the artist usually did: When in doubt, return…

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By Philip French (1,151) for Observer (UK) (2,398) on 21 Apr 2012

Gradually, the dreadlocks, the music and the cloud of ganja smoke come together to form as recognisable an image as that of the equally short-lived…

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By Farran Smith Nehme (295) for New York Post (6,650) on 19 Apr 2012

The movie has enormous force - because it's about a genius, yes, but even more so because of the intelligence, passion and wit of the people…

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By David Malitz (5) for Washington Post (9,851) on 19 Apr 2012

Marley, the new documentary about reggae icon Bob Marley opens on April 20 - of course…

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By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 19 Apr 2012

Marley is thus a valuable history project but not a definitive or analytical one. For that, we await a film that's less One Love and more Stir It Up…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 19 Apr 2012

There is no diverting from strict chronology, no point the documentary wants to make that requires moving forward and back through time…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 19 Apr 2012

It smartly captures his dynamic personality both through the words of those who knew him, and more importantly, through his enduring music…

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By Peter Margasak (7) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 19 Apr 2012

Macdonald supplies some interesting and novel details about the musician's life and art, though the movie's narrative arc and documentary methods…

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By Derek Malcolm (772) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 19 Apr 2012

This is an appropriately exhaustive study of the man and his music, its only failing is the absence of a decent political analysis of Rastafari…

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By Christopher Tookey (761) for Daily Mail (UK) (1,461) on 19 Apr 2012

It's a meticulously researched, consistently interesting documentary about superstar Bob Marley - and it makes two-and-a-half hours pass by…

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By Clay Cane (203) for BET.com (238) on 19 Apr 2012

Marley' will go down in cinematic history as one of the greatest music documentaries of all time. The first must-see movie of 2012…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 19 Apr 2012

Celebrates his spirit, his creativity, his genius and his influence, even if it errs on the side of hagiography…

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