I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Plexifilm | Release Date: July 26, 2002 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 24 Critic Reviews
Positive:
18
Mixed:
6
Negative:
0
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50
New Times (L.A.)Gregory Weinkauf
what we've got here is a little propaganda film. A mild one, certainly, but the cliché of DIY hopefuls (band) versus the Big Machine (music industry) foments the same tedious struggle of art versus commerce. Read full review
50
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
A slightly dull film by photographer Sam Jones. Read full review
50
San Francisco ChronicleJames Sullivan
Business intrudes on art. Read full review
40
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Jones's documentary, named for the opening song on Foxtrot, is most effective as a poison-pen missive to Corporate Rock. Read full review
40
L.A. WeeklyJohn Patterson
As Tweedy talks about canning his stockbroker and repairing his pool, you yearn for a few airborne TV sets or nude groupies on the nod to liven things up. And what do we get? Diet Coke! Tonight is definitely not the night. Read full review
40
VarietyRobert Koehler
May leave itself open to charges of being little more than a promo feature posing as a documentary, but pic nevertheless is a warts-and-all look at a group of musicians -- and the music biz -- likely to make most record label flacks flinch. Read full review
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