The recording session is the only part of the film that is enlightening -- and how appreciative you are of this depends on your level of fandom.
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10/25/02
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I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2002)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:52
Rotten:7
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Besides being a treat for Wilco fans, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart also exposes the workings of a profit-driven music industry.
Theatrical Release:Jul 26, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: In early 2000, the Chicago-based, country-influenced rock band Wilco began preparing for the recording of their fourth record, YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT. Filmmaker/photographer Sam Jones went along with... [More]
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Reviews for I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Woven together handsomely, recalling sixties' rockumentary milestones from Lonely Boy to Don't Look Back.
10/25/02
Top CriticJones gives the faithful a surprisingly intimate portrait of the guardedly vulnerable Tweedy, along with a wealth of potent performance footage that captures Wilco in all its battered and unbowed glory.
10/18/02
The film doesn't show enough of the creative process or even of what was created for the non-fan to figure out what makes Wilco a big deal.
10/17/02
By candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music, [Jones] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity.
10/17/02
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10/11/02
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10/03/02
A cohesive demonstration of why Wilco, as a whole, is one of the most compelling musical entities working today.
09/27/02
Even if you don't know the band or the album's songs by heart, you will enjoy seeing how both evolve, and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st Century.
09/27/02
Top CriticIt's a very tasteful rock and roll movie. You could put it on a coffee table anywhere.
09/27/02
What should have been an entertaining cinematic souvenir solely for Wilco fans ended up becoming a smart, involving, and occasionally infuriating film
09/25/02
Required viewing for fans of the band, but I didn't know anything about Wilco and I was amused and entertained by their story.
09/20/02
Fans of critics' darling band Wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky, always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart.
09/19/02
[Tweedy] appears a shy, truthful artist, and his songs back up that image. But is the movie a promotional device that's hiding the real thing?
09/17/02
A sly dissection of the inanities of the contemporary music business and a rather sad story of the difficulties of artistic collaboration.
09/17/02
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09/14/02
The plot twists give I Am Trying to Break Your Heart an attraction it desperately needed.
09/13/02
If you're a Wilco fan, drop what you're doing and head in. Even if you're not, the tension of Tweedy literally getting sick with anger is pretty universal stuff.
09/13/02
An undeniably gorgeous, terminally smitten document of a troubadour, his acolytes, and the triumph of his band.
09/13/02
Top CriticJones has crafted a natty narrative that, enhanced by Erin Nordstrom's editing, is filled with payoffs.
09/12/02
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