Pop & Me
Seventh Art Releasing | Release Date: June 9, 2000 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
62
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 11 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
88
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
An entertaining, occasionally illuminating autodocumentary. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesKevin Thomas
A documentary made with rigor, humor and no small amount of honest emotion. Read full review
80
The New York TimesStephen Holden
For a film devoted to celebrating intimacy and the breaking down of emotional barriers, Pop and Me is oddly withholding of information about the travelers. Read full review
70
Mr. ShowbizKevin Maynard
A satisfying, sentimental trip. Read full review
70
L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn Dumpert
The film quickly becomes a vortex of father-son bonding and rivalry, and what could have been a mere travelogue becomes a bumpy exploration of male identity and communication. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleKimberley Jones
Everybody likes to watch the messy guts-stuff of other peoples' lives, if only because we know then we're not alone in our weird ways. Read full review
60
Chicago ReaderLisa Alspector
Lots of men cry lots of tears in this supremely self-indulgent, supremely moving documentary about making a documentary. Read full review
60
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
A funny, perceptive and seductively engaging movie. Read full review
50
Chicago TribuneJohn Petrakis
The ultimate shallowness of this film is reflected in the fact that their key bonding moment occurs when they bungee-jump off a bridge together. Read full review
50
Village VoiceAmy Taubin
The most revelatory moment is provided not by the spectacle of the Roes clinging to each other on a bungee cord, but by Julian Lennon, who pops up on the beach in Monaco to give a terse evaluation of his father. Read full review
38
New York PostHanna Brown
A self-indulgent chronicle of Chris Roe's whiny power struggle with his father over where to eat dinner in various exotic locales. Read full review
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