George Harrison: Living in the Material World

  • 2011


MOVIE IS retelling justified unflagging affectionate illuminating
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Average Rating 3.9/5
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3.5
As with a lot of Scorseses recent documentary projects, the directors level of involvement isnt always plainly evident. Av Club
4.0
Compendious and compassionate in equal measure, its ultimately an affecting portrait. Time Out
3.8
It is a gift you give to the land and to others, and it shows love of beauty in a pure form. Rogerebert
4.0
For anyone who has felt a lack of insight into the personality of George Harrison, Scorseses film, currently airing in the US over two nights, is like .. Telegraph
4.2
Scorsese shows his love for Harrison by treating him with such justified dignity, and gives us a rich biopic that remains objective, crowd pleasing in .. Sover
4.0
A devoted practitioner of Hinduism and meditation, he also enjoyed the good life afforded to your average rock star; women, cocaine and mansions. Decider
4.0
The View London Review out ofstarsRunning time:minutesDirected by Martin Scorsese, George Harrison: Living in the Material World (which recently scree .. View London
4.0
Maybe the title will have people humming Madonna in spite of themselves.Actually it is the name of a George Harrison solo album from 1973 characterist .. Guardian
4.0
Despite being co produced by Harrisons widow, its well this side of hagiography, and held my unflagging attention for three and a half hours. Guardian
4.0
The music and recent but far off era resonate with those who lived it, but for generations who remember neither Yesterday nor yesterday, they may, sad .. Reel Talk Reviews
3.5
Ideally, a documentary should have an arms length distance between subject and chronicler.And one hopes that the director is there in service of the v .. Slate
3.8
A convoluted mass of contradictory characteristics, with a little Vaseline on the lens to blur some of the less comfortably explained pieces of the st .. Sf Gate
4.0
A fitting, sonorous tribute to the pop idol, movie producer, spiritual searcher and constant gardener. Time
2.5
That Living in the Material World shines scant illuminating light on Harrisons story is all the more frustrating for its immense length. Slant Magazine
4.0
It often feels like it was made at the documentary equivalent of a quilting bee. Washington Post
4.0
Its not a film one particularly expected to be made but its a vastly welcome one. Hollywood Reporter
3.8
Benedict Cumberbatch Wants You To Know He *Is* The Motherf*cking Grinch The Grinch star takes Mike Ryan through the final scenes of Avengers: Infinity .. Hit Fix
3.5
As a maverick movie producer, Harrisons unstinting belief in alternative British comedy changed the planets sense of humour for the better. Herald Sun
4.0
That is the value of a film this long set adrift over three and a half hours, we can observe and regard a full and complex life, and feel as though we .. Dvd Talk
3.5
This may be the better work, for its depth of feeling and its relatively more forthcoming and knowable subject. La Times
4.0
Ill only add that Ive seen the film, and I had my doubts that anyone could make another retelling of The Beatles story interesting at this point.Scors .. Entertainment Time
3.8
And it kind of dampens the afterglow of a film that sheds a lot of light on its subject but at times can be a little too blissed out for its own good. Uncle Barky
4.5
Instead, he went looking for spiritual transendence, and Scorsese manages to communicate a bit of that transcendence in this film.Thats impressive. Articles Baltimore Sun
3.5
The film will probably be the most definitive look at the guitarists life well ever see, though Im not entirely sure Im pleased about it. The Diva Review
4.0
(Shine a Light, about the Rolling Stones, was largely a concert film and only two hours long.) Ny Times
4.5
It can be a special pleasure to see a documentary about a subject you already know like family. Insidemovies Ew



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