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9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleA fine new rock documentary.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterRay BennettThe Hollywood ReporterRay BennettPresented as a straight documentary about an American pop singer who had one U.K. hit in the 1960s as a member of a boy band and has gone missing ever since, but it plays like the slyest of spoofs.
- 70VarietyEddie CockrellVarietyEddie CockrellLongtime fans of Walker's warm, sepulchral baritone, startlingly evocative songwriting and lushly imaginative instrumentation will rejoice at this revealing documentary.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceFrom the increasingly experimental solo records that followed, and Walker's subsequent reputation as a reclusive genius and cult figure, you'd expect the subject of Stephen Kijak's documentary to be a forbidding, pretentious artiste--and the pleasant surprise of Kijak's film is that he's anything but.
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenIn a movie that avoids examining Mr. Walker’s personal history, there are hints of a man struggling with chronic depression and problems with alcohol, but they are only hints. No major personal relationships are mentioned or even alluded to. The music speaks for itself.
- Director Stephen Kijak previously made the documentary "Cinemania," about a group of obsessive moviegoers, and it comes across here that Walker (born Noel Scott Engel) and his acolytes might best be described not by that distasteful word "hipster" but rather by the more dignified "connoisseur." These are people of discerning taste.
- 67Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanWalker forged an out-of-time mystique that is vividly captured here.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleThe elusive musician is in the spotlight, even if he's not that fond of it, and Kijak manages to keep him at a reverent distance, the film padded with gushing interviews from musician fans.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoGlosses over the depression and alcoholism that have bedeviled Walker as well as any relationships he might have had. But that doesn't make the film any less interesting.