Long Strange Trip
Amazon Studios | Release Date: May 26, 2017 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
78
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Generally favorable reviews based on 13 Critic Reviews
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12
Mixed:
1
Negative:
0
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyMay 26, 2017
As sad as Garcia’s end is, Long Strange Trip remains an exhilarating and inspiring movie. For a not inconsiderable period, Garcia, Weir, Hart, Phil Lesh, Bill Kreutzmann and various fellow travelers saw the possibilities that their talents and the times offered them, and made hay of them. Read full review
91
The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayMay 23, 2017
The brilliance of Long Strange Trip is that Bar-Lev allows for multiple interpretations. Read full review
88
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Brad WheelerMay 25, 2017
Amir Bar-Lev’s excellent, definitive film on the Haight-Ashbury acid-testers is long – four fly-by hours – but there are very few wasted moments. Read full review
83
Entertainment WeeklyEric Renner BrownMay 25, 2017
It’s all about finding the gems, and Long Strange Trip is a treasure chest. Read full review
80
The New York TimesDaniel M. GoldMay 25, 2017
It’s surprising there has never really been an extended cinematic exploration of the band. Long Strange Trip, ambitiously assembled and elegantly directed by Amir Bar-Lev, fills that void. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMay 1, 2017
It has the sprawl and generosity of a good Dead show, yet there’s nothing indulgent about it — it’s an ardent piece of documentary classicism. Read full review
75
Paste MagazineKenji FujishimaMay 25, 2017
Not only does the film provide an exhaustive account of the band’s rise and fall, but it also clearly articulates their importance in music history, their singular character as a performing entity and even the distinctive nature of their fandom. Read full review
75
Slant MagazineWes GreeneMay 22, 2017
The film plays like one of the Grateful Dead's seminal concerts: protracted and digressive, yet intricate in its design. Read full review
70
TheWrapRobert AbeleMay 27, 2017
You don’t have to be a Deadhead, or even a casual listener, to find in Long Strange Trip a compelling tale of what happens when iconoclasts become icons. Read full review
70
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 25, 2017
Thoughtful, deeply affectionate and concerned more with essence than chronology, it recounts the band’s 30 years in a way that should enlighten diehards as well as the uninitiated. Read full review
70
Village VoiceJon CampbellMay 25, 2017
If the story is known, this telling is lusher than any before, the film stuffed with rare archival footage and performance clips. The effect is one of coasting along amid a vast, noisy, variegated parade, vividly rendered. And that works just fine. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterStephen DaltonMay 1, 2017
Long Strange Trip is an affectionate and well-crafted documentary, but it would have benefited from a little more of this emotionally raw material and a little less fawning reverence. Read full review
58
ConsequenceSteven ArroyoJun 6, 2017
While Long Strange Trip is full of rare or untouched archival video and audio, there are very few revelatory treasures to tell those seriously interested in understanding the Dead’s impact something new. Read full review
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