Bittersweet Motel
Stranger Than Fiction Films | Release Date: August 25, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
47
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen Gleiberman
It's like Woodstock without the mud, and it leaves you feeling clean. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerWesley Morris
A crafty, sometimes craven, but hardly worshipful snapshot of an unlikely candidate for biggest rock act on earth.
75
Portland OregonianMichael Evans
Makes a fine primer on one of today's most intriguingly creative and surreptitiously popular acts.
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Manages to capture the essence of one of the world's most surprising success stories. Read full review
63
New York PostDan Aquilante
Fans will love this quick flick by director Todd Phillips, but it better serves as an introduction for the uninitiated.
60
Washington PostRichard Harrington
You don't have to be a Phishead to enjoy Bittersweet Motel. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Clearly Phish's appeal is fundamentally experiential, and the experience doesn't lend itself to being captured on film. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerDan DeLuca
It falls short of its tie-dye target.
50
VarietyDennis Harvey
Well-made if not particularly insightful docu should be catnip to Phishheads, while the previously unconverted are likely to stay that way. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleJames Sullivan
There are just enough revelatory moments to recommend the movie. Read full review
50
Village VoiceMichael Atkinson
As homey as old sweats. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneGreg Kot
A documentary that will likely leave Phish diehards hankering for more, and everybody else still wondering what all the fuss is about.
40
Los Angeles TimesSteve Hochman
A film without a framework, without a skeleton--a Phish philet, if you will. Read full review
40
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
None of these guys has much interesting to say. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
Never really gets across the essence of who the band members are and why they inspire such fidelity. Read full review
38
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Little more than an electronic press kit for the band, produced for the benefit of its fans.
30
The New York TimesStephen Holden
Bland, unrevealing. Read full review
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