Becoming Led Zeppelin
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: February 7, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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100
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyFeb 7, 2025
If you’re someone who treasures the music of Led Zeppelin more than you’re interested in the legend—or the gossip, or the dirt, or whatever you want to call it—of Led Zeppelin, this movie is absolutely for you. I’m one of those people, and I ate it up. Read full review
83
ConsequenceSpencer KaufmanFeb 7, 2025
Becoming Led Zeppelin is a fascinating look at the creation of one of the greatest rock acts to ever exist. Led Zeppelin were truly a band where each of the four members played a vital part in its success, and that’s on full display throughout the film. Read full review
80
NMEJames MottramFeb 12, 2025
True, Becoming Led Zeppelin is never going to do anything but celebrate, given it’s an authorised take on the band. But there’s warmth and good humour here. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondSep 5, 2021
If you’re a diehard fan, you’ll probably glory in what the film delivers and wish there were more of it; if you’re not, you may find yourself power-chorded into submission sometime before the 2-hour and 17-minute running time comes to an end. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 5, 2021
For a casual fan who knows the band largely for swagger and self-indulgence, Bernard MacMahon’s Becoming Led Zeppelin is an eye-opening delight — a visit with charming old men who modestly recall the music-drunk paths they took to forming the defining band of the classic-rock ’70s. Read full review
60
The TimesWill HodgkinsonFeb 7, 2025
If you want to soak in what amounts to a concert film with an origin story, Becoming Led Zeppelin is sonically impressive and visually arresting. Read full review
60
The GuardianPeter BradshawFeb 6, 2025
Overall, this is a likable and well-researched film, but there is something unsatisfying in ignoring the band’s later stages. Perhaps Part II is in the works. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanSep 5, 2021
Becoming Led Zeppelin is full of essential stuff, but on some level it feels like a Led Zeppelin infomercial. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesJoshua RothkopfFeb 18, 2025
A timid, far-from-revelatory film, authorized by the three surviving Zeppelin vets and graced by their presence in new interviews that give off the faint scent of impatience. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 10, 2025
If Led Zeppelin’s place in the culture outlives them, later films will plumb the depths of their “real” experience of fame, success, sex, drugs and rock’n roll. This is the coffee picture table book version. Read full review
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IndieWireNicholas BarberSep 5, 2021
Like all of the best rock docs, it will make you want to listen to the band’s albums. But after the second hour has come and gone, you might decide that you’ve listened enough, after all. Read full review
42
The PlaylistMarshall ShafferSep 5, 2021
This bloated documentary will not create any new fans of Led Zeppelin because MacMahon caters exclusively to the group’s superfans. Read full review
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