When You're Strange

Name: When You're Strange
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: April 9, 2010
Rating: 55

2010

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The Doors: When You're Strange

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Abramorama | Release Date: April 9, 2010 | TV-14

Summary: Narrated by Johnny Depp, award-winning writer-director Tom DiCillo’s riveting film uncovers historic, previously unseen footage of The Doors and provides new insight into the revolutionary impact of their music and legacy. “When You’re Strange” is the first feature documentary to tell their story. (Rhino Records)

Director: Tom DiCillo

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Rating: TV-14

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Owen Gleiberman

When You're Strange, a documentary history of the Doors directed by Tom DiCillo, is for people like me who can stumble onto the scrappiest Doors video on VH1 at 3 a.m. and sit there, mesmerized. Read full review

Kyle Smith

A sometimes insightful, sometimes absurdly devotional but steadily engaging film. Read full review

Peter Travers

Unhappy with what Oliver Stone did to Jim Morrison and the Doors in his 1991 biopic? Here’s the doc for you. Read full review

Mark Jenkins

Thanks to his major role in songwriting, Krieger is credited repeatedly, but the other two players recede as the band increasingly becomes The Jim Morrison Show. Read full review

J.R. Jones

As usual, the three instrumentalists (Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger) take a backseat to their gorgeous front man, though their nimble, idiosyncratic playing has aged much better than his pretentious poetry. Read full review

Randy Lewis

Distressingly short on creative spark or historical illumination. Read full review

Peter Hartlaub

When You're Strange is a remedial Doors class, taught by a professor who sounds as if he's doing voiceovers for car commercials. Read full review

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jiml

Apr 18, 2010

Great use of the rarest, but marvelously restored film of Morrison and the Doors. The film goes far in showing genuine life and times without any new film shot whatsoever. No interviews but actual content from a great variety of sources. 100 minutes of a very original documentary Great use of the rarest, but marvelously restored film of Morrison and the Doors. The film goes far in showing genuine life and times without any new film shot whatsoever. No interviews but actual content from a great variety of sources. 100 minutes of a very original documentary chronicling a very unique talent and phenomenon.… Expand

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Daphne

Oct 18, 2010

An excellent reflection of Morrison and the Doors. Johnny Depp's excellent narration makes you listen to every word as we roll through this entertaining documentary.

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Bairdo

Sep 22, 2010

I'll tell you what's strange... Finding an actor who looks exactly like Jim Morrison and making him do all kinds of weird crap that's worthy of the cheesiest Unsolved Mysteries dramatizations. Other than that I enjoyed it.

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