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By Mark Feeney (434) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 09 Oct 2013

Maybe the biggest problem with Muscle Shoals is that it doesn’t dig deeper into something even more miraculous than the music…

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By Laura Clifford (2,742) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 06 Oct 2013

[Camalier's] rambling love letter to a unique American sound is not only full of the beautiful landscapes and small town Americana which inspired…

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By Jim Harrington (5) for San Jose Mercury News (757) on 03 Oct 2013

Muscle Shoals is filled with great stories, characters and songs -- and, really, what else could you want from a music documentary…

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By Jason Anderson (395) for The Grid (42) on 03 Oct 2013

Music docs with untold stories about unsung talents are an increasingly scarce commodity…

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By Katherine Monk (493) for Canada.com (402) on 02 Oct 2013

It all makes for a pretty glossy package and a treasure trove for music geeks, but there's a human angle to this story that will appeal to…

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By Brian Tallerico (1,600) for HollywoodChicago.com (623) on 02 Oct 2013

The director wisely doesn't turn this into cavalcade of stars, keeping the focus as much on the man who built this hotbed of creativity and…

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By Matt Pais (1,519) for RedEye (906) on 02 Oct 2013

Has funky magic in it. Ooh, baby, does it ever…

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By Radheyan Simonpillai (471) for NOW Toronto (1,621) on 02 Oct 2013

Director Greg Camalier weaves the interviews together as if he were making music, composing a film with storytelling rhythms and emotional…

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By Dave Hoekstra (4) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 02 Oct 2013

Do not leave the film until the last credit rolls by…

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By Roger Moore (6,008) for McClatchy-Tribune News Service (291) on 01 Oct 2013

To fans who know the tunes by heart, hearing their history is never less than thrilling…

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By Todd Jorgenson (1,852) for Cinemalogue.com (1,236) on 29 Sep 2013

The film mixes an impressive array of interviews with plentiful archival footage…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 26 Sep 2013

The documentary is a little slapdash, but then so is the very idea of what Muscle Shoals means. Is it the town itself…

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By Kurt Loder (858) for Reason Online (497) on 26 Sep 2013

A marvelous doc about the creation of the fabled Muscle Shoals Sound -- as powerful today as it was 50 years ago…

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By Mark Jenkins (515) for NPR (1,713) on 26 Sep 2013

Only the genre's most studious followers will be able to watch Muscle Shoals without being regularly astonished: Even if it sometimes gets…

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By John Defore (1,351) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 26 Sep 2013

A trove of great stills and movie footage accompanies the colorful anecdotes, but the film's most consistent pleasure is the way interviewees…

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By Christy Lemire (1,262) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 26 Sep 2013

With such great music coming, one hit after after another, it's always a joy to watch…

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By Manohla Dargis (1,909) for The New York Times (9,847) on 25 Sep 2013

At once overstuffed with interviews and intellectually underdeveloped, the movie charts the area’s music industry and what is lyrically if…

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By Marshall Fine (1,011) for Hollywood & Fine (854) on 24 Sep 2013

One of the year's most entertaining and enriching nonfiction films...Moving and joyful…

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By Keith Phipps (1,177) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 24 Sep 2013

Muscle Shoals’ story has needed telling, and Camalier packs that telling with memorable stories and music—though the film sometimes substitutes…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 24 Sep 2013

Although the intriguingly named first-time director Greg “Freddy” Camalier makes the twice-told tales of the film’s second hour watchable,…

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