Leave your inhibitions in the daylight -- The Last Waltz will make you want to sing and dance.
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04/05/02
The Last Waltz (1978)
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Reviews Counted:38
Fresh:37
Rotten:1
Average Rating:8.4/10
Theatrical Release:Apr 5, 2002 Limited
Synopsis: In what just might be the finest rock & roll concert film ever, THE LAST WALTZ celebrates the final performance by the Band (Robbie Robertson, Rick Danko, Richard Manuel, Levon Helm, and Garth... [More]
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Reviews for The Last Waltz
An unusually dignified portrait of rock excess.
04/24/02
A mesmerizing time capsule that captures the voice of the '60s counterculture at the very moment it was about to pass from the center stage of American life.
04/18/02
The result is one of the best concert films in rock music history.
05/07/02
This classic is one of the most well realized and musically satisfying rock movies ever made.
05/10/02
Martin Scorsese's giddiest, most euphoric film.
06/05/02
...Exposes the spuriousness of Cameron Crowe's Almost Famous once and for all.
05/09/02
A revealing document of a time.
04/19/02
Top Critic[Gathers] so much talent into one theater that the stage buckles and the subject drops out of sight.
04/09/02
Top CriticCompared to the sort of mindless ego-massages and jump-cut filled exercises that would follow in its concert film wake, it still stands alone.
04/19/02
Still sounds powerful, vibrant, imaginative and adventurous.
04/19/02
Top CriticThis is one of the great movie experiences.
04/26/02
Top CriticThere is a dazzling array of talent on display here, and the film surely has its memorable moments. But it articulates so little of the end-of-an-era feeling it hints at.
05/20/03
Top CriticWith all the powder that's said to have been tooted at the Band's 1976 "farewell" show, filmed by Martin Scorsese in his goodfella-against-the-helicopters period, you could make a line from Oak Street Cinema all the way to the mayor's office.
08/21/09
Overlong but enjoyable documentary...
03/18/05
The Last Waltz seems more than ever an act of musical mourning.
04/19/02
Top Critic...no mere loud rock concert. It's a work of art. ...a celebration rather than a farewell, and Scorsese's direction always puts the music first.
04/29/02
Seeing The Last Waltz again after many years is like revisiting an old passion and realizing the heat is still there.
04/21/02
Top CriticIt reinvigorates and refreshes while giving the audience a microphone's-eye-view of legendary rockers.
04/18/02
Top CriticA brilliant DVD does justice to the greatest rock-and-roll film of all time.
11/07/02
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