Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): February 14, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 10 Critic Reviews
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80
The GuardianPeter BradshawMay 28, 2022
This documentary does something very few films can: it makes you grin with pleasure. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeMay 28, 2022
If it weren’t directed by Coen ... Trouble would merit a debut at a less showy festival than Cannes, where reviews would boil down to “damn, they sure dug up a lotta great clips!” Read full review
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Screen DailyTim GriersonMay 28, 2022
Coen draws from existing interviews and performance footage to create a portrait that is far from definitive, and yet the film’s snapshot quality manages to amplify what is so mythic about the 86-year-old legend — and also what remains so vexing. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondMay 28, 2022
A tidy 73-minute romp through Lewis’ career that manages to fit in about a dozen staggering performances of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” but still leaves you wishing there was room for a couple more. Read full review
70
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 28, 2022
This is Ethan’s chance to strut his solo stuff. And he does, in a very Ethan Coen way: clever, modest, borderline invisible, but with a kick that sneaks up on you. ... 'Trouble in Mind' plays like an undiluted shot of rock ‘n’ roll moonshine joy. Read full review
67
IndieWireBen CrollMay 28, 2022
“Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” is an amiable and easy watch that doesn’t explore too many of the singer’s more unseemly aspects and, by design, cannot. Read full review
60
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMay 28, 2022
It’s a witty and affectionate if rather slight archive documentary. Read full review
60
Time OutPhil de SemlyenMay 28, 2022
If, though, you’re looking for a more probing look at the man behind the balls of fire, or a pan back to place him in a broader context, Coen’s rockumentary will fall just a little short of satisfying. Read full review
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The PlaylistJason BaileyMay 28, 2022
'Trouble in Mind' barely feels like a movie at all. ... Absent any contemporary reflections by either the subject or outside observers, we’re left with no real idea how anyone feels about Jerry Lee Lewis and his exploits on either side of the camera. Read full review
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The Film StageLuke HicksMay 28, 2022
Thirty minutes in—with all interesting ledes sufficiently buried or ignored, the charm of his husky southern drawl faded—you realize you’ve been conned into letting Coen take you on a YouTube train of his favorite Lewis performances and interviews. If you like Lewis’s sound, that’s fun for a short while. Then you realize he’s just playing the same songs on repeat and it starts to get annoying, as getting cornered at a party usually does. Read full review
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