Broadway Idiot
FilmBuff | Release Date: October 11, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
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Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
4
Mixed:
8
Negative:
2
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
RogerEbert.comOdie HendersonOct 11, 2013
I love this kind of backstage documentary, which is not surprising for someone who has "All That Jazz" and "All About Eve" on his all-time top ten list. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesStaff [Not Credited]Oct 17, 2013
A fast-paced, thoroughly entertaining if hardly trenchant show biz documentary. Read full review
70
VarietyGuy LodgeOct 13, 2013
A straightforward account of the show’s journey from conception to rehearsal to Great White Way triumph, it effectively doubles as a traditional let’s-put-on-a-show musical in its own right, albeit one with heavier guitars. Read full review
63
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreOct 20, 2013
The film captures the magic and manic energy of the performances, the inventive choreography and spine-tingling tunes. Read full review
60
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzOct 17, 2013
Broadway Idiot is entertaining enough. Certainly if you’re a Green Day fan, it’s something close to essential. But it never goes too deeply into anything. Read full review
60
The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerOct 10, 2013
As a chronicle of how one rock star slowly fell victim to the Broadway bug, it’s kind of amusing. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanOct 10, 2013
The movie can’t help feeling like a vanity affair — a shot of novocaine, instead of a letter bomb. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleOct 17, 2013
Director Doug Hamilton was given extraordinary access from the very beginning, so that we see Green Day composer and lead singer Billie Joe Armstrong having some of his initial meetings with Broadway director Michael Mayer, who conceived the show. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyOct 14, 2013
The doc is slickly packaged, but it suffers from the pat reality-TV feel of manicured sound bites where greater candor and fly-on-the-wall observation might have been welcome. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithOct 11, 2013
If Broadway shows had DVD featurettes, the unexceptional documentary Broadway Idiot would be perfect for one. Read full review
50
The DissolveJen ChaneyOct 8, 2013
As a stand-alone documentary, it begs for more conflict and a broader canvas from which to explore the contemporary theater scene. Read full review
40
Village VoiceInkoo KangOct 8, 2013
It contains more praise than insights, and, chopped into several sections, the documentary could easily become a series of featurettes in the "Extras" section of an American Idiot DVD. Yet Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong still commands the screen. Read full review
38
Boston GlobePeter KeoughOct 17, 2013
This movie doesn’t make the case. In fact, had they upped the absurdity a notch, it would rival the comedy of Christopher Guest’s let’s-put-on-a-show mockumentary, “Waiting for Guffman” (1996). As it stands, it plays like an infomercial. Read full review
25
The A.V. ClubKyle RyanOct 9, 2013
This documentary by rookie director Doug Hamilton plays more like a featurette on an American Idiot DVD than a stand-alone film. Read full review
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