Listening to Kenny G
Home Box Office (HBO) | Release Date: December 2, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
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Universal acclaim based on 10 Critic Reviews
Positive:
10
Mixed:
0
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
IndieWireChristian BlauveltSep 17, 2021
Lane set out to make a documentary about the nature of taste, and she’s accomplished that with panache. Read full review
95
Paste MagazineSydney UrbanekSep 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
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerSep 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
83
The Film StageJared MobarakSep 17, 2021
[Lane] proves yet again that nobody can tonally marry edification and entertainment onscreen so effortlessly. It’s masterful. Read full review
80
The New York TimesGlenn KennyDec 3, 2021
As a music industry story, Kenny G’s rise, engineered by the mogul Clive Davis but at times bucked by the artist himself, is fascinating. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeSep 17, 2021
Ruthlessly entertaining ... Lane is a master archive digger, unearthing priceless artifacts, some damning, others endearing. Read full review
76
TheWrapSteve PondSep 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
75
RogerEbert.comMatt Zoller SeitzDec 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
75
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonSep 13, 2021
It’s doubtful that die-hard Kenny haters will come away with a new understanding of or appreciation for the man. But for those curious about where he came from and those who want to consider why his beloved status rubs so many people the wrong way, there’s a lot to like. Read full review
70
The New YorkerRichard BrodyDec 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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