Good Ol' Freda
Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: September 6, 2013 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
60
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
7
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeSep 11, 2013
Pure joy for Beatles fans and, one guesses, charming enough to seduce some viewers who wouldn't mind never hearing "She Loves You" ever again. Read full review
80
Village VoiceErnest HardySep 10, 2013
Director Ryan White has crafted a deceptively simple film that should almost immediately win viewers over with its low-key charm. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartSep 30, 2013
The sweet-faced Kelly is a lovely and humble storyteller, and her enduring affection for John, Paul, George and “Richie” is palpable. Read full review
75
Boston GlobeMark FeeneySep 26, 2013
Much of the charm of this highly charming film is the window it affords on the offstage Beatles and their families. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleLeba HertzSep 12, 2013
Although the filmmakers apparently wanted to focus on the Beatles, the movie's strongest moments are about Freda herself. Read full review
67
Portland OregonianMarc MohanOct 24, 2013
The quality that made her an ideal fan club president makes her an endearing, if unenlightening, interviewee. Read full review
63
Washington PostStephanie MerrySep 19, 2013
The documentary transmits plenty of positive vibes, but it offers nothing fresh about the Fab Four. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsJordan HoffmanSep 12, 2013
Truth is, only hard-core fans of the Fab Four — granted, that’s a lot of people — will find themselves enthralled by this memo-by-memo account of the woman who spent 10 years handling the Liverpool lads’ mail. Others may be only mildly interested. Read full review
60
Time OutMichael AtkinsonSep 10, 2013
White’s revelation-free, nostalgia massage of a film works the archivals with genuine fondness. Read full review
60
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenSep 5, 2013
White's film is a love letter not just to Kelly and the Beatles, but also to postwar working-class Liverpool. Read full review
50
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisSep 12, 2013
Good Ol’ Freda celebrates an intensely private witness to four of the most public lives in pop-culture history. Read full review
50
The DissolveKeith PhippsSep 4, 2013
While Good Ol’ Freda will surely fascinate hardcore Beatles fans, there simply isn’t a feature-length story here. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineTomas HachardSep 1, 2013
The documentary will prove fascinating only to the die-hard fans that Freda Kelly spent years writing to, though in this case that's no small number of people. Read full review
42
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskySep 4, 2013
The impression left is that of a movie bending over backward to not let its subject tell her life story. Read full review
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