The Greatest Night in Pop

Name: The Greatest Night in Pop
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: January 29, 2024
Duration: 96 min
Rating: 69

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): January 29, 2024 | Not Rated

Summary: On January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history. The Greatest Night in Pop chronicles the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in aOn January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history. The Greatest Night in Pop chronicles the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in a world before cell phones and email. That group of artists — led by the song’s co-writers and two of the most significant musicians of the 20th century — Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie — came from different worlds but united to record “We Are the World.” … Expand

Director: Bao Nguyen

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 96 min

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Brian Lowry

Jan 29, 2024

Lionel Richie serves as the de facto tour guide for this trip down memory lane, which fulfills its promise to make a better day (or at least 90-some-odd minutes) for you and me. Read full review

David Rooney

Jan 20, 2024

It’s an engaging blitz of nostalgia guaranteed to leave core viewers misty-eyed. Read full review

Richard Roeper

Jan 29, 2024

Directed by Bao Nguyen, who expertly combines the multi-camera recordings from the night of the session with new interviews with Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Smokey Robinson and Bruce Springsteen, as well as technicians who were there, “The Greatest Night in Pop” is a terrific behind-the-scenes chronicle of the making of a single that sold 20 million copies worldwide, won multiple Grammys and, most important, of course, raised more than $60 million in 1985 dollars. Read full review

The Daily Beast Nick Schager

Jan 20, 2024

As far as celebratory backward glances go, it’s compelling enough to temporarily brighten one’s day. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Feb 1, 2024

The anecdotes are mostly on brand for the musicians. Read full review

Glenn Kenny

Jan 29, 2024

While the making of the song was partially detailed in its long-form video, there’s plenty of new, engaging, and sometimes eyebrow-raising anecdotal material here. Read full review

IndieWire David Ehrlich

Jan 24, 2024

While The Greatest Night in Pop may not amount to anything more than a sanitized and somewhat masturbatory look back at one of the wildest get-togethers in the modern history of music (the film doesn’t offer any commentary deeper than “isn’t it so fucking crazy that this happened, and that we have it all on tape?”), there’s no denying that it’s a lot of fun to watch it all go down. Read full review

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