Grateful Dawg
Sony Pictures Classics | Release Date: October 5, 2001 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
64
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 18 Critic Reviews
Positive:
12
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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60
Village VoiceGeoffrey Gray
It's like an 80-minute flip through the Grisman family photo album -- complete with live, unreleased soundtrack. Read full review
60
VarietyDennis Harvey
The music is fine, but there's little else here to hold the attention of non-Deadheads. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Grisman presents, with a sense of humor, the apparent contradictions of a complex personality. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie Baumgarten
A must for any Deadhead and of genuine interest to any music fan, even if its documentary chops hit a few sour notes. Read full review
40
New Times (L.A.)Andy Klein
With no aspects of the personalities represented outside of their music, Grateful Dawg ends up feeling dry and incomplete; its two subjects are stripped of all other characteristics and come across as not very interesting. Read full review
40
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
Ultimately, Grateful Dawg will only be of real interest to musicology students and diehard Deadheads.
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