Neil Young: Heart of Gold (2006) Rank 2 Reviews

The New Yorker (David Denby)

Steven Soderbergh is one director who says out loud what other Hollywood directors may be saying under their breathâ��that the studio system of making movies is broken and should be rethought, that there has to be another business model for marketing ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at The New Yorker (David Denby)

eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)

Neil Young looks incredibly healthy for a man still recuperating from brain surgery. In spring of 2005, Toronto/Winnipeg's most famous son was diagnosed with a potentially fatal aneurysm. In the weeks before his surgery, he wrote and recorded Prairie ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at eye WEEKLY (Jason Anderson)

Voir.ca

Dans Neil Young: Heart of Gold, le rÃ©alisateur Jonathan Demme prÃ©sente le cÃ©lÃ¨bre musicien canadien dans ses habits de patriarche serein. Fascinant portrait. AoÃ»t 2005. Le vÃ©nÃ©rable rockeur canadien Neil Young s'installe pour deux soirs Ã ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Voir.ca

Slant Magazine

If you follow every dream, you might get lost," sings Neil Young during the opening number of director Jonathan Demme's sensational concert film Neil Young: Heart of Gold. It's a fitting mantra for any artist, emphasizing the spiritual pull of one's ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Slant Magazine

Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

Who is the star here, Neil Young or Hank William's guitar? ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Monsters and Critics (Ron Wilkinson)

Boxoffice Magazine (Francesca Dinglasan)

The concert film's unifying force is, of course, Neil Young himself. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Francesca Dinglasan)

Empire (Ross Bennett)

Shows the famed songwriter's performance and work off with reverance, and a faithfullness to the live experience. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Empire (Ross Bennett)

Cinepassion.org

The path from Stop Making Sense to Storefront Hitchcock and now Neil Young: Heart of Gold marks not just a director's trajectory but the progression of life. Each is a luminous work, celebratory of music, art and human potential, all recordings of ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Cinepassion.org

About.com (Jurgen Fauth)

Neither Neil Young nor Jonathan Demme need much of an introduction--from Crazy Horse to Hannibal Lecter, they've both been around for long enough, and with Young's "Year of the Horse" (directed by Jim Jarmusch) and Demme's "Stop Making Sense" (featuring ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at About.com (Jurgen Fauth)

Boxoffice Magazine

During a panel discussion on "Neil Young: Heart of Gold" at this year's Sundance Film Festival, the star of the documentary and legendary musician noted about his onscreen collaboration with helmer Jonathan Demme that it "only looks like a concert film." ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Boxoffice Magazine

San Jose Mercury News (Brad Kava)

When singer-songwriter Neil Young, 60, suffered a life-threatening brain aneurysm last year, he did something that will forever engrave him into the register of dedicated and ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at San Jose Mercury News (Brad Kava)

Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)

The all-acoustic, Young-unplugged concert is gilded in reverence but is appreciably lacking in, well, electricity ... Diehards will have to wait until the last 20 minutes for Young to mine his repertoire of golden 1970s hits. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Boulder Weekly (Thomas Delapa)

New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

A schmaltzy filmed record of a Nashville concert given by the legendary former rocker, who has morphed into the new Kenny Rogers. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)

Miami Herald (Evelyn McDonnell)

It doesn't penetrate his craggy mystique, or make us hear his music in a new way. Instead, it's the same old choir song. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Miami Herald (Evelyn McDonnell)

South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sean Piccoli)

It shows the whole of Young's music as a well-worn mixture of brawn and grace. But it reveals the new Young album, Prairie Wind , as a sometimes musty echo of his 1972 acoustic-rock classic, Harvest . ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Sean Piccoli)

Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)

It will be hard for any Young devotee not to succumb to the music, as Demme turns the movie theater into a concert hall. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Jeff Strickler)

Houston Chronicle (Bruce Westbrook)

Some defiant rockers are forever young. This one is in name only. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Houston Chronicle (Bruce Westbrook)

Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

If you like Neal Young, you have to see this. There is no choice. ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at Greenwich Village Gazette (Eric Lurio)

The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

It hardly seems a minute since Jim Jarmusch made his Neil Young rockumentary Year of The Horse, and now Jonathan Demme is having his say about the grizzled old rocker, recently recovered from surgery and belting out his favourites live on stage. Fans ...read the complete Neil Young: Heart of Gold movie review at The Independent (Anthony Quinn)

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