Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free
Trafalgar Releasing | Release Date: October 20, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
70
METASCORE
Generally favorable reviews based on 9 Critic Reviews
Positive:
7
Mixed:
2
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
Film ThreatHunter LanierMar 20, 2021
Instead of stitching together interviews and footage into a chronological plot, Wharton goes with the proverbial flow. Read full review
83
The Film StageChristopher SchobertMar 20, 2021
A vivid, compelling documentary. Read full review
82
TheWrapSteve PondMar 20, 2021
The old footage puts us in the studio in 1994, the new moments supply some valuable context and the ragged nature of the film eventually begins to feel of a piece with the ragged nature of the album. Read full review
80
Little White LiesGreg WetherallOct 22, 2021
It’s a film that simply enhances the feeling that America has been prematurely deprived of one of its finest musical ambassadors. Irrespective of location, however, we’re all poorer without him. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenMar 20, 2021
Somewhere You Feel Free is a love letter to Petty, but also to that most mysterious of alchemies, the chemistry of a rock 'n' roll band. Read full review
75
ConsequenceClint WorthingtonMar 20, 2021
Somewhere You Feel Free is a beautiful musical tribute to one of rock’s greatest figures, gone all too soon. Just don’t expect to learn too many deep dark secrets about the man in the process. Read full review
67
The PlaylistRodrigo PerezMar 20, 2021
Somewhere You Feel Free certainly captures the spirit of the time, the sadness, the warm-heartedness, and the creative openness, but one could easily argue it doesn’t really add that much substantive value, beyond some of the making-of stories and what’s already there in the poignant grooves of the music. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 20, 2021
It’s so removed from having a dark side that you know you’re getting the feel-good version of a Tom Petty portrait. Read full review
58
IndieWireDavid EhrlichMar 20, 2021
"Somewhere You Feel Free” doesn’t develop into a snapshot so much as a loving impression of a legend gone too soon. But the beautiful 16mm footage (with the new interviews shot to match) will trigger warm memories from Petty’s truest fans, and Wharton interprets the music in a way that should allow this film to serve as an irresistible entry point for neophytes who don’t realize how many Petty songs they already know by heart. Read full review
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