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By John Anderson (1,358) for Variety (12,700) on 31 Jan 2014

An irresistibly joyous, tearful and, most importantly, musical doc about a band of senior pop singers whose repertoire includes Golden Years,…

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By Andy Spletzer (26) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 28 Dec 2013

If the chorus was the sole focus of the documentary, it would have been brilliant…

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By Bill White (195) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 13 Dec 2013

It works as a wistful coda to suggest that the song will go on long after the show is over…

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By Ken Fox (1,094) for TV Guide Magazine (2,375) on 28 Aug 2013

A bracing cover of Ian Tyson's Four Strong Winds, performed by no fewer than seven acoustic guitars, rounds out the set, but be sure to stick…

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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 05 Jun 2013

Director Demme is smart and sensitive enough to sit back and listen to the music without attention-getting intrusions…

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By Joel Selvin (24) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 30 Apr 2013

A snapshot of a fabled career that's of little interest to anyone outside Young's fans…

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By Lawrence Toppman (1,654) for Charlotte Observer (1,670) on 05 Apr 2013

British director Stephen Walker approached this project with wide-eyed good humor…

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By Imonfire (8) on 18 Mar 2013

This movie is as inspiring as it is emotional as it is funny. It is a must watch music documentary…

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By Kamal Al-Solaylee (29) for The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (4,018) on 07 Mar 2013

Ultimately, though, it's the life-affirming sentiments of the documentary and not its backstage drama that may turn it into a popular hit,…

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By David Edelstein (2,124) for New York Magazine (Vulture) (3,519) on 02 Mar 2013

Demme is in such perfect sync with Young's music that even the painted prairie backdrop (and the painted farmhouse interior screen, complete…

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By Ella Taylor (978) for L.A. Weekly (3,142) on 30 Jan 2013

Jonathan Demme's superb film of Neil Young's 2005 performance at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium is as fervent a musical homage as was Demme's…

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By Joe Morgenstern (2,395) for Wall Street Journal (3,071) on 12 Nov 2012

It's the record of a life, a musical and spiritual autobiography, and as directed by Jonathan Demme it taps into the kind of unashamed, unsentimental…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 13 Aug 2012

The movie offers an encouraging vision of old age in which the depression commonly associated with decrepitude is held at bay by music making,…

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By Lisa Schwarzbaum (1,672) for Entertainment Weekly (6,953) on 27 Apr 2012

They also make joyful music, communicated, both by the singers and their playful, sensitive documentarian, with an authority that quite knocks…

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By Ann Donahue (2) for Premiere (771) on 20 Mar 2012

With its varied close-ups and wide shots of the performers and a series of interviews with several of the musicians as they prepare to perform,…

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By Claudia Puig (2,080) for USA Today (4,117) on 24 Nov 2011

A heartening and poignant affirmation of the transformative power of music…

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By Duane Byrge (235) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 18 Sep 2011

This smart, aesthetically understated concert film from Jonathan Demme will transport Young's legions of baby boomer fans back to the future,…

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By Nathan Rabin (1,078) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Jan 2011

There's a wealth of great material here, especially a shattering performance of Coldplay's Fix You by a soulful mountain of a man named Fred Knittle…

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By Shawn Levy (1,238) for Portland Oregonian (2,019) on 02 Nov 2010

Heart of Gold feels like an ample slice of the real America, the one truly worth caring for…

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By Ty Burr (2,612) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 12 Apr 2010

Sloppily made at times and it comes close to wearing out its welcome, but you can't blame Walker for not wanting to let his subjects go…

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