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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielSan Francisco ChronicleJonathan CurielA beautiful film.
- Best when exploring the nitty gritty of N'Dour's life as a musician, favorite son and cultural ambassador.
- 67The A.V. ClubNathan RabinThe A.V. ClubNathan RabinLove looks and sounds great, but in depicting N’Dour as a lofty symbol for music’s power to bridge worlds and inspire, it sometimes loses sight of the man.
- 67Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerChristian Science MonitorPeter RainerAlthough his movie often resembles the kind of promotional video one might find as an extra on a concert DVD, N'Dour in full throttle is a sight, and sound, to behold.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceFor all the singer's sincere intentions to build secular-religious bridges, a straight-up concert film might have been a better approach, especially given viewer fatigue with those musicians and their causes.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThough we see the same man throughout the bumpy tour captured here -- always calm, steady, faithful -- it's bound to prove an enlightening portrait for those who know him only as the guy who once worked with Peter Gabriel.
- 50The New York TimesNathan LeeThe New York TimesNathan LeePerhaps because the music is so good, with its purity of tone and dazzling rhythmic precision, the flaws of the surrounding movie become all the more obvious.
- 50New York PostV.A. MusettoNew York PostV.A. MusettoThe film works best when we see N'Dour onstage. He has a great set of pipes and is nothing if not charismatic.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckPart concert film, part narrative, it isn't fully successful on either level, coming across more like an overlong DVD extra than a fully stand-alone work.
- 40Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWhen the film sticks to biographical and career background, it is on steady ground, but when it argues the case for one particular album, it becomes promotional rather than documentary material.