Sing Your Song
  • Network: HBO
  • Series Premiere Date: Oct 17, 2011
Metascore
86

Universal acclaim - based on 7 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 0 out of 7

Critic Reviews

  1. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Linda Stasi
    Oct 17, 2011
    100
    An intriguing, well-done documentary.
  2. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: David Wiegand
    Oct 17, 2011
    100
    The portrait of Belafonte that emerges from the film is also the portrait of the times of his life, the times of the nation's life in the past 60 years.
  3. San Jose Mercury News/Contra Costa Times
    Reviewed by: Chuck Barney
    Oct 14, 2011
    100
    It's captivating, and also poignant.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Matthew Gilbert
    Oct 17, 2011
    80
    There's no false modesty here, just a level-headed look back as Belafonte recalls decades of music, family, and activism, but mostly activism.
  6. Uncle Barky
    Reviewed by: Ed Bark
    Oct 17, 2011
    75
    Sing Your Song ends up being more than a little too self-indulgent and one-noted. Abundant archival footage is in part a saving grace, though.
  7. Newsday
    Reviewed by: Verne Gay
    Oct 14, 2011
    75
    Richly documented, but tends to become long-winded--or just plain winded--by the end.
  8. Washington Post
    Reviewed by: Hank Stuever
    Oct 17, 2011
    70
    Sing Your Song is broad and complete, but like most biographical documentaries of legendary performers that we've seen of late, it is also hagiographic.