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Lightning in a Bottle
1993
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3.2
The musics sensational, but you keep waiting for the pledge number to flash up.
EW
3.5
Features a whos who of world wise bluesmen (and women) and newbie practitioners.
4.0
Fuqua is smart to keep his cameras trained, for the most part, on the stage; cinematographer Lisa Rinzler (Pollock) and a platoon of assistants keep t ..
3.8
Screw em if they cant take a joke.Yet other scenes from the glory days ring somewhat hollow, more representational than realistic.
San Francisco Chronicle
4.0
It expresses all human emotions, everything that life can throw at you all the ups and downs its all there.
Spirituality And Practice
2.5
Action director Antoine Fuquas reverent but uninspired documentary preserves this once in a lifetime combination..read more
Tv Guide
3.8
If nothing else, the filmmaker has long since proven that his movies are worth waiting for.
Reel Film Reviews
4.2
It is as much a lesson in musical appreciation as it is a thrilling concert.
Eric Ds Nider
3.5
Among the performers who do appear are legendary musicians representing the best aspects of the genre.
Film Journal International ..
3.8
The shows organizers and the filmmakers save the best for last, however, with the still amazing King taking center stage for Sweet Sixteen.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
4.4
Whether any of these things inspires people to run out and experience Antoine Fuquas concert film Lightning in a Bottle remains to be seen.But I cant ..
Boston
4.0
Facebook elevated concerns about election interference Tuesday, announcing that it had uncovered sophisticated efforts, possibly linked to Russia, to ..
Star Tribune
3.0
If the movie seems at times a little thin in its chronology and scholarship, it more than makes up for that in the quality of performances that ranges ..
Toronto Star
4.0
Slicker but no less wonderful is Antoine Fuquas Lightning in a Bottle with Martin Scorsese as executive producer.
Reel Talk Reviews
4.0
If the movie suggests a historical continuum, it sensibly doesnt allow its scholarship to cut into the performances.
The New York Times
4.0
The Curse of La Llorona cast members Raymond Cruz, Patricia Velasquez and Linda Cardellini, along with director Michael Chaves, share some personal La ..
Calendar Live
3.5
Despite some iffy moments, Lighting is the closest one to get to the music from which, as Hubert Sumlin notes, there is no retiring. You stay with it ..
Seattle Pi
3.5
Lightning in a Bottle(7/10) by Tony Medley In 1903, dance bandleader W.C. Handy fell asleep in the station while waiting for a train in Tutwiler, Miss ..
Tony Medley
4.4
Its up to us.Lightning in a Bottle is a great concert movie that can make us feel the bluess eternal power in our hearts if our hearts are open to it, ..
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