Listening to Kenny G

Name: Listening to Kenny G
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 2, 2021
Duration: 97 min
Rating: 81
Cast: Kenny G

2021

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Home Box Office (HBO) | Release Date: December 2, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Kenny G

Summary: An examination of the most popular instrumentalist of all time, Kenny G, and why he is polarizing to so many.

Director: Penny Lane

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 97 min

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IndieWire Christian Blauvelt

Sep 17, 2021

Lane set out to make a documentary about the nature of taste, and she’s accomplished that with panache. Read full review

Sydney Urbanek

Sep 21, 2021

Since Kenneth Gorelick isn’t actually interested in being separated from Kenny G, Lane’s real task becomes imbuing the aggregate with some stakes. And she crushes it: Listening to Kenny G gives you all your need-to-knows so that you can take or leave the titular musician as you see fit. Read full review

Brad Wheeler

Sep 9, 2021

Even if you’d rather die than be trapped in a broken elevator with endless Kenny G music, Lane’s excellent accomplishment is making 97 minutes about the musician so much smart fun. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Sep 17, 2021

Ruthlessly entertaining ... Lane is a master archive digger, unearthing priceless artifacts, some damning, others endearing. Read full review

Steve Pond

Sep 17, 2021

It’s a very entertaining trip, but it doesn’t really go anywhere: If you go in loving Kenny G you’ll come out that way, and if you go in hating him you won’t change your mind. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Dec 2, 2021

There are points early in this documentary where you might wonder if it really needed to be a feature (one can imagine a cut-down "60 Minutes" piece doing the job just as effectively) but when Lane gets away from the man himself and focuses on the details of the business of music, a new frontier of understanding opens up. Read full review

Richard Brody

Dec 6, 2021

Listening to Kenny G subtly and surely teases out the mighty and overarching idea of the inseparability of the artist and the art, the notion of art as the embodiment of the artist’s personality—for better or for worse. Read full review

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WatchinMovies

Dec 27, 2021

Surprisingly pleasant movie/documentary. Who'd have thought he was still around and such a nice person. The film captured his magic and his personality.

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HaskettFamily

Dec 5, 2021

Who would have thought...a really great person is shown in a movie as a really great person. It has been a while since I enjoyed a movie and rarely a documentary. Listening to his critics would make a normal person realize that they are just sad and jealous people who can't do it themselves.Who would have thought...a really great person is shown in a movie as a really great person. It has been a while since I enjoyed a movie and rarely a documentary. Listening to his critics would make a normal person realize that they are just sad and jealous people who can't do it themselves. I recommend this movie to everyone.… Expand

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Napsta

Dec 19, 2021

I went into this movie with absolutely no knowledge (other than he was a famous saxophone player) of Kenny G and didn't really have much of an opinion of him, and I'm happy to say I found it really enjoyable. The story of Kenny G is really interesting, and he seems like a funny, decent guy.I went into this movie with absolutely no knowledge (other than he was a famous saxophone player) of Kenny G and didn't really have much of an opinion of him, and I'm happy to say I found it really enjoyable. The story of Kenny G is really interesting, and he seems like a funny, decent guy. I believe that both the people for and against Kenny G raise some really good points and have some good arguments. The critics had harsh, even scathing things to say about Kenny G, but at the same time, they were reasonable and really made me think about the value of his music. Overall, I think this is a great movie that you are able to enjoy whether you know much about Kenny G or not, and I would highly recommend it.… Expand

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