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Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) a score of 2.9018 out of 4

based on (77) reviews

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Excellent

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Very Good

(46)

Good

(19)

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Film Threat (Bob Westal)

Mayor of the Sunset Strip is compulsory viewing for anyone with the slightest interest in rock history or the power of celebrity....read the complete Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) review at Film Threat (Bob Westal)

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Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)

At first a wryly comic study of a real-life, shag-topped Zelig ... Hickenlooper's nuanced documentary shifts into far deeper and darker emotional territory once it starts revealing Bingenheimer's heart-wrenching backstory....read the complete Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) review at Toronto Star (Geoff Pevere)

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Slant Magazine

George Hickenlooper's weightless doc Mayor of the Sunset Strip canonizes radio personality Rodney Bingenheimer while trying to illuminate the allure of celebrity in the scenemaker's friendships with numerous music figures from the last 40 years. Soon...read the complete Mayor of the Sunset Strip (2003) review at Slant Magazine