loudQUIETloud: A Film About the Pixies Reviews
Film Threat
The Pixies, reunited after 12 years and still in top form.
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Filmcritic.com
And if you're a fan of the Pixies' music, that's not such a bad way to spend 90 minutes
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| Original Score: 3.5/5
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
It's this disconnect between their iconic public selves and their rather ordinary actual selves that makes the film so engrossing even for non-fans.
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| Original Score: 3/4
Top CriticFilmmakers Steven Cantor and Matthew Galkin catch distressing and poignant moments on the tour that, if written into a fiction film, would seem too scripted to be true.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Oregonian
It's a lively, charming film, and if it gave us a little more of the band's history, it would be perfect. As it is, it's a perfect introduction to some great songs and fascinating characters.
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| Original Score: B+
Film Journal International
A plangent record of the landmark group's 2004 reunion tour that should dispel any remaining romantic notions about the rock lifestyle.
TV Guide's Movie Guide
In between blazing performances, the dead air and silent downtime produce a strong impression that we won't be hearing much from the Pixies in the future.
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| Original Score: 3/4
AV Club
For fans of the seminal alt-rock quartet, the Pixies' reunion was momentous, but in the solid behind-the-scenes documentary loudQuietloud, the band comes across as considerably more muted in its enthusiasm.
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| Original Score: B
Combustible Celluloid
This tension combines into a collection of great music, at least for the already initiated.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Pic is targeted at the already initiated, but directors Steve Cantor and Matthew Galkin deftly resolve one often glaring problem with tribute documentaries -- making those who might not care do so.
culturevulture.net
The fascinating 'loudQUIETloud' plays a bit like the alt-rock version of the Metallica documentary 'Some Kind of Monster,' as the Pixies try to hold it together through mental breakdowns, family tragedies and those ever-popular musical differences.
Austin Chronicle
The real draw is the insight into the group's dynamic, heretofore shaded in mystery.
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| Original Score: 3/5
Cinematical
By night, the Pixies are rock n' roll superheroes...by day, they're just four surly co-workers with very little to say to one another.
The 85-minute documentary takes a torpid, fly-on-the-wall approach, providing little context, few insights, and not enough music.
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| Original Score: 1.5/4
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
The concert footage, which is exceptionally well photographed and recorded, offers clips of varying lengths from a wealth of songs. The rest of the film glimpses the stress disorders that can develop when average people with problems become popular.
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| Original Score: C+
Watching the movie is not as much fun as listening to the old records.
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| Original Score: 2/4
Boring people who made extraordinary music, the Pixies are inexplicable. In attempting to demystify them, this backstage pass to their 2004 reunion tour achieves the opposite.
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| Original Score: 2/5
This is a nice Cinderella story, but here's the problem: It doesn't exactly crackle with drama.
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| Original Score: 2/4
