Catching Fire: The Story of Anita Pallenberg
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: May 3, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1
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80
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 16, 2024
In this film, nothing about mega-celebrity looks fun. Read full review
80
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMay 15, 2024
If co-directors Svetlana Zill and Alexis Bloom paint a sometimes confronting picture of the price of ‘free love’, that never tarnishes their subject. You’re left with the sense that she was a butterfly neither the Stones nor any of the other men in her life could ever trap – a fitting epitaph to a mercurial life. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleMay 11, 2024
What comes through are highs and valleys seen from the inside, a clarifying memoir from an unsentimental woman who endured being called every shaming name, with powerful grace notes of understanding from a son whose eyes betray a tough childhood. Read full review
75
Movie NationRoger MooreApr 9, 2024
“Catching Fire” makes an intriguing portrait because its first half establishes the Pallenberg in the public perception, and in her mind’s eye — a free spirit with a great eye for fashion. Read full review
70
The Irish TimesTara BradyMay 16, 2024
Her words are clear, unsentimental and so evocative that you can almost smell the weed. Read full review
60
The Observer (UK)Wendy IdeMay 19, 2024
Catching Fire is more concerned with the mercurial essence of its subject than it is with the nuts and bolts of her life. We learn little, for example, about her family background. Read full review
40
The New York TimesBen KenigsbergMay 2, 2024
Pallenberg is finally in focus. But the picture is tough to look at. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesMay 3, 2024
Despite claiming otherwise in its marketing, this doc still wants to uphold her as the rock n’ roll goddess of the headlines rather than as a person on her own terms. Read full review
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