Down from the Mountain
Cowboy Booking International | Release Date: June 15, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
75
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 12 Critic Reviews
Positive:
9
Mixed:
2
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
New Times (L.A.)Robert Wilonsky
It's the most uplifting movie of a numbing year -- a feel-good film full of songs about feeling god-awful. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
For fans of this kind of roots music, it was an event you would have given anything to attend. Down From the Mountain lets you do that and gives you terrific seats in the bargain. Read full review
90
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
The music, it goes without saying, is great. Read full review
90
The New York TimesDana Stevens
If you have any affection at all for traditional American music, the movie itself -- is pretty close to heaven. Read full review
80
TV Guide MagazineSteve Simels
Musically it's often breathtaking. Read full review
75
Philadelphia InquirerCarrie Rickey
If the heart of the film is Hartford, who late in his struggle with cancer conveys the luminous colors of a man at his twilight, its soul is Welch. Read full review
75
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Good music stands alone, and the documentary is jaunty fun. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneMichael Wilmington
A delightful concert documentary that proves once more what a neglected masterpiece the Coen Brothers gave us last year in their Depression chain-gang odyssey, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
67
Austin ChronicleMarrit Ingman
Bluegrass fans should have few complaints about this stellar concert film. Read full review
60
VarietyRobert Koehler
Before the music takes over, the film inserts a few bits of charm, such as Emmylou Harris excitedly following the latest Major League Baseball scores. Read full review
50
Chicago ReaderPeter Margasak
Old-time music aficionado John Hartford is on hand to hold it all together, and in fact his presence is the most gripping element of this disappointingly flat production. Read full review
12
New York PostDan Aquilante
If bluegrass were as static and dull as this concert film indicates, Nashville would have hustled all the hillbillies back to the Smokies long ago.
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