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By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 19 Apr 2012

Even audiences for whom easing up to dutty riddims is not an habitual pursuit will get an intoxicating whiff of reggae's soothing powers from…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 19 Apr 2012

This is a life story worth telling, and Marley does it much justice. Marley may or may not have been perfect, but he was certainly fascinating…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 19 Apr 2012

It's hard to imagine audiences who don't know much about the man sticking around for more than a few minutes of this…

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By Allan Hunter (1,486) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 19 Apr 2012

A fascinating account of a complex, charismatic man…

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By Tara Brady (805) for Irish Times (1,391) on 19 Apr 2012

Kevin Macdonald's solid, informative, respectful bio-doc is not quite the dazzling, innovative non-fiction we might have expected from the…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for Tribune News Service (1,102) on 19 Apr 2012

Every now and then, the movie comes close to placing us where the music often did - in the realm of the mystical, with a beat everybody could…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 18 Apr 2012

Marley is a detailed, finely edited character study whose theme - Marley's bid to reconcile his divided racial legacy - defined his music and…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 18 Apr 2012

What Marley and its wonderful performance footage leave you with most of all is the joy the man took in the music that set him free and enchanted…

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By Bill Goodykoontz (2,123) for Arizona Republic (3,909) on 18 Apr 2012

It is gripping from the start, not just because of the quality of the music, but because of Marley's magnetic, challenging personality, as well…

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By Michael Phillips (2,622) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 18 Apr 2012

It all flows from the shum. The man's musical and political influence was no illusion…

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By Stephanie Zacharek (2,333) for Movieline (883) on 18 Apr 2012

By the end you feel you've learned something about the man, yet his mystique emerges intact…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Oregonian (1,550) on 18 Apr 2012

It may, finally, be the best and last word on the man, his music and his myth that we ever get on film -- an estimable achievement in itself…

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By Dana Stevens (1,435) for Slate (2,081) on 18 Apr 2012

The thoughtful and leisurely paced Marley is an exemplary music documentary in almost every way - but the area in which it falls short is an…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 18 Apr 2012

The director, Kevin Macdonald, searches for clarity amid the contradictions of Marley's life and reaches no conclusions, but that's a tribute…

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By Jim Farber (14) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 18 Apr 2012

Though the course of the movie, viewers learns a lot about the star's generosity, sense of justice and power in Jamaica, but also about his naivete…

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By Ian Buckwalter (369) for NPR (1,713) on 18 Apr 2012

Stylistically unremarkable, playing it safe with structure, the film is still quietly revelatory…

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By Steven Rea (1,872) for Philadelphia Inquirer (3,920) on 18 Apr 2012

Marley celebrates the fact that its subject is still among us in the way that perhaps matters most: His music not only survives, it thrives…

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By Steve Morse (4) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 18 Apr 2012

It's an outstanding, warts-and-all look at reggae legend Bob Marley…

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By Rene Rodriguez (1,781) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 18 Apr 2012

You also see a man, flawed and imperfect, finding his way through with his music, constantly searching for his place in the world…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for AV Club (2,778) on 18 Apr 2012

That's a lot for any film to unpack, and The Last King Of Scotland director Kevin MacDonald deserves a lot of credit simply for keeping the…

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