Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Greenwich Entertainment | Release Date: September 6, 2019 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
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Generally favorable reviews based on 17 Critic Reviews
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14
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3
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinJim SlotekOct 1, 2019
It occurs at a certain point that Ronstadt was kind of the Meryl Streep of pop music, capable of taking on any vocal role and making it sound like she was born to it. Read full review
100
Chicago TribuneKatie WalshSep 12, 2019
The film strongly asserts Ronstadt’s rock ’n’ roll bona fides as a trailblazing and wildly successful solo female artist in the man’s world of late ’60s and early ’70s country rock. Read full review
100
San Francisco ChronicleJoel SelvinSep 4, 2019
After watching her belt, blast and harmonize with power and precision through wildly diverse styles of music like an Amazon heroine, to see her struggle her way through this short piece is the kind of heart-string moment documentary filmmakers can only hope to catch. Read full review
90
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranSep 5, 2019
Memories in popular music are notoriously short, and if you’ve forgotten how extraordinary a singer Linda Ronstadt is, how wide a range of material she’s explored and how deep her commitment to the art and craft of music is, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a potent, mind-expanding reminder. Read full review
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottSep 5, 2019
The political intelligence and matter-of-fact feminism that emerge in this portrait are among its most intriguing aspects. Her cleareyed, down-to-earth thoughts on her profession, her family and American culture (musical and otherwise) make her someone you want to know better. Read full review
88
Movie NationRoger MooreSep 3, 2019
For a fan, Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is a lot more than a quick trip through her career and her life, even if it offers few deep insights into her psyche and to others might seem just an exercise in Boomer musical nostalgia. Read full review
80
Rolling StoneDavid BrowneSep 6, 2019
The Sound of My Voice ends with a very different voice, as we see Ronstadt, filmed this year, attempting to sing a Mexican folk song with a cousin and nephew. Parkinson’s has clearly weakened her, but she still watches her relatives attentively and opens her mouth to verbalize along with them as much as possible. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 1, 2019
Laced with colorful stories. ... The movie is mostly content to be a portrait of Ronstadt the artist, and it’s more than satisfying on that front. Read full review
75
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperSep 12, 2019
Directed in capable, straightforward fashion by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman, and featuring voice-over narration from the artist herself, The Sound of My Voice is like a well-sourced and thorough video Wikipedia entry about the life and times of the now 73-year-old Ronstadt. Read full review
75
Washington PostMichael O'SullivanSep 10, 2019
If there’s one drawback to The Sound of My Voice, it’s that Ronstadt herself declined to sit down with the film’s directors, Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman. Read full review
75
RogerEbert.comNell MinowSep 6, 2019
The commentary in this film has more affection than insight. Read full review
75
The PlaylistAsher LubertoSep 4, 2019
The beauty of Lina Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice is the sound of other voices. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckMay 1, 2019
Astutely chronicling an amazing musical career that ended prematurely due to Parkinson's disease, the doc will delight the singer's old fans and likely make her many new ones as well. Read full review
70
TheWrapSteve PondMay 1, 2019
A fitting tribute to a woman worthy of one. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandMay 1, 2019
A maddeningly shallow look at Ronstadt’s remarkable life. Read full review
50
Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenSep 11, 2019
The content is enjoyable and informative, a loving tribute even if deeper analysis and insight rarely rear their heads. Yet I dare anyone not to snap to attention and spontaneously follow the sound of that voice. Read full review
50
Slant MagazineWes GreeneSep 1, 2019
It isn’t long into the film when the hagiographic soundbites from famous interviewees become the dominant mode. Read full review
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