Gimme Danger
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: October 28, 2016 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 23 Critic Reviews
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21
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88
The Seattle TimesJeff AlbertsonNov 3, 2016
Jarmusch allows Pop and the music of the Stooges to be the focus of the film. For most fans, that will be enough: Pop proves to be as likable and riveting on screen as he is on stage. Read full review
88
Philadelphia InquirerDan DeLucaNov 3, 2016
Jarmusch’s movie serves both as a fine intro to one of rock’s great bands and as a window for longtime fans into what makes Iggy tick. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenNov 3, 2016
The Stooges were postwar kids who took to the stage with fearless, demented exuberance, Iggy writhing half-naked. With Gimme Danger, Jarmusch doesn’t ask him to strip down further. He simply thanks him. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen HoldenOct 27, 2016
Gimme Danger is still plenty entertaining and includes many moments of foaming-at-the-mouth musical fury. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyMay 20, 2016
If not every detail of the band's fluctuating fortunes and lineup is chronicled with crystal clarity, the punchy scrappiness of Jarmusch's film — stuffed not only with electric concert footage but with a cornucopia of amusing visual references, plus cool graphics and some droll original animation by James Kerr — is an appropriate fit for the subject. Read full review
78
Austin ChronicleMarc SavlovNov 9, 2016
By the end of this tight and timely documentary – once again, we’re a nation in chaos, breeding some ridiculously fine rock & roll while the world burns. Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneChris RiemenschneiderNov 10, 2016
If you're looking for a rock star to carry a movie mostly by himself, though, Iggy (aka James Osterberg), now 69, is a good candidate. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerNov 3, 2016
Spry, entertaining documentary. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesMiriam Di NunzioNov 3, 2016
Those who know every shred of the band’s story will find the film a cool reminder of what the Stooges meant to rock ‘n’ roll. Those who know little of their music (vacuum cleaners and blenders were among their unique instruments) will find Pop an interesting and forthcoming individual. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeTy BurrNov 3, 2016
If Gimme Danger never quite solves the secret of Iggy’s onstage atavism — how he pushed the myth of sheer, unhinged rock ’n’ roll abandon until he embodied it better (or worse) than anyone else, ever — it reminds us of when he was, verily, the velociraptor of popular music. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyOct 28, 2016
In a sense, the weirdest thing about Gimme Danger is how not weird it is. Read full review
75
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloOct 26, 2016
Considering how cheerfully its subject courted controversy, this is a chummy, openly booster-ish profile, designed as an introduction for those ignorant of the Stooges’ legacy. It’s plenty entertaining, but it’s also nearly as tame as Iggy, in his prime, was wild. Read full review
75
The PlaylistNikola GrozdanovicMay 20, 2016
Even if you don’t agree with Jarmusch’s introductory claim that The Stooges are the greatest rock and roll band ever, there’s still a lot of pleasure to be gleaned from Gimme Danger; most of it coming from Iggy’s love of the band, the music, and inability to be anyone but his incomparable and uncompromising self. Read full review
70
Village VoiceMelissa AndersonOct 27, 2016
The frontman's reminiscences, though, are invariably eloquent, witty, and often moving. Read full review
70
Screen DailyJonathan RomneyMay 20, 2016
Jarmusch fans won’t find much of the director’s signature touch here, as he self-effacingly pays homage to a beloved act – Stooges fans will find plenty to enthuse about in the film’s ample coverage of a little-documented career. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 20, 2016
Gimme Danger has an ironic tone for a Stooges portrait: dutiful and engrossing, but not electric or crazy. Read full review
67
ConsequenceNico LangOct 3, 2016
Gimme Danger checks the usual rock doc boxes, but it succeeds because of its smashing subject matter. The Stooges may not be the greatest musical act in history, but they are one of the most lively subjects for a documentary. Read full review
67
The Film StageGiovanni Marchini CamiaMay 20, 2016
Jarmusch’s film is a strictly conventional affair that resembles any number of TV documentaries. Read full review
63
Washington PostAnn HornadayNov 3, 2016
A bittersweet, elegiac tone can’t help but suffuse a film animated by so many anarchic spirits who have since left the planet, but it leaves viewers with the exhilarating, inspiring reassurance that we still have Iggy. To adopt his own highest praise: That’s cool. Read full review
63
Movie NationRoger MooreNov 3, 2016
No 108 minute music history can hope to be complete, and the circumscribed “Gimme Danger” is very much a mixed bag in that regard. But Jarmusch gets a lot right and a lot documented on film in this winning and sometimes amusing musical history tour. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineElise NakhnikianOct 24, 2016
The film reveals the erudition and shrewd self-awareness that Jim Osterberg drew on to become Iggy Pop. Read full review
60
CineVueJohn BleasdaleNov 23, 2016
The film itself is fairly conventional given the wildness of its subject matter and Jim Jarmusch's pedigree. Read full review
60
EmpireHamish MacbainNov 7, 2016
The Stooges’ story is a natural fit for the silver screen. Unfortunately, superfan Jim Jarmusch’s love letter to them does not quite do it justice. Read full review
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