Monterey Pop
Leacock-Pennebaker | Release Date: December 26, 1968 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
77
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Generally favorable reviews based on 4 Critic Reviews
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0
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0
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80
Village VoiceJessica Winter
Though there's considerable footage of hippie activity (crafting kites, sleeping) and moments of prelapsarian frisson (a cop warns that "there's talk of the Hell's Angels coming down"), the film is resolutely performance-driven. Read full review
80
The New York TimesRenata Adler
It is possible that the way to a new kind of musical—using some of the talent and energy of what is still the most lively contemporary medium—may begin with just this kind of musical performance documentary. Read full review
75
Christian Science MonitorDavid Sterritt
It captures their magic with a freewheeling spontaneity that became a model for later pop-music movies. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
Compared to D.A. Pennebaker's previous feature DON'T LOOK BACK (1967), the warts-and-all portrait of Bob Dylan, MONTEREY POP seems very much an authorized presentation of its subject. Read full review
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