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Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (2006)

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88

Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 121
Fresh: 106 | Rotten: 15

Though ostensibly an intimate look at the Dixie Chicks after their 2003 anti-Bush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how media, politics, and celebrities intertwine.

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Average Rating: 7.7/10
Critic Reviews: 40
Fresh: 37 | Rotten: 3

Though ostensibly an intimate look at the Dixie Chicks after their 2003 anti-Bush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how media, politics, and celebrities intertwine.

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Between 1998 and 2002, it seemed the Dixie Chicks could do no wrong. Their first major-label album, Wide Open Spaces, was a smash hit, topping the country charts and eventually selling 12 million copies, while their subsequent albums Fly and Home respectively moved ten and six million units. Their concert tours were consistent sellouts, making them the most commercially successful female group in the history of the recording industry. However, things took an unexpected turn for the Dixie Chicks

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Feb 20, 2007

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Shut Up and Sing tells the story of three young women whose belief in America is bred in the bone, and it shames their critics.

October 19, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | Comments (2)
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In today's polarized America, you pick who you stand with, even in pop culture. Kopple's film makes that choice stark...

December 8, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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A superior rockumentary.

November 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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A fascinating look at the intersection of commerce, celebrity, and controversy.

November 18, 2006 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
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A thoughtful and enjoyable documentary from Barbara Kopple.

November 17, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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[Natalie Maines] makes it clear in this astonishingly candid, intimate film that she doesn't think she has anything to apologize for.

November 17, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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The thrust of the movie lies in the trenchant mix of image-rebuilding strategies and genuine politicization the Chicks undergo

August 28, 2009 Full Review Source: CinePassion
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The most inspiring element of the film is the genuine fortitude and loyalty that Maines and her bandmates Emily Robinson and Martie Maguire exhibit outwardly and to one another.

April 24, 2009 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
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Chicks chirp about free speech in passionate docu.

July 10, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Free speech and its ramifications are at the heart of "Shut Up & Sing," which recognizes that for the celebrity, engaging in a public exchange of ideas and opinions isn't always without its costs. The price can be dire.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: Bangor Daily News (Maine)
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The movie isn't quite the idolatrous you-go-girl portrait one might expect.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing

As a music fan, I'm learning towards heavy metal music and rock. However this documentary on country all female band Dixie Chicks is a phenomenal film surrounding the controversy around a comment that Natalie Maines made during a concert. This film chronicles the ordeal the band to face, the numerous threats they had to endure to regain a foothold in country music. This documentary is terrific, and shows the ignorance of some people perfectly. Even though I don't like Country music, I find what these gals have gone to be atrocious, and I respect them for saying what I believe is a good thing. The film has some sad moments, but also funny moments as Natalie Maines has an intense feud with Toby Keith (she wears a shirt that says F.U.T.K) We all know what that could mean. As a documentary on a band, this is just as entertaining as say Rush Beyond the Lighted Stage and Anvil the story of Anvil! I thought it was a very entertaining documentary, and even for a metalhead like me, I enjoyed this film. This is a terrific music documentary. If you enjoy documentaries of this style give it a shot.
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

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This film is my first documentary film I've watched... And my feeling is how great this documentary was... Dixie Chicks to go from hero to zero only with a one second word... It's hard if I had to have a hard time like they had... And for Natalie, the lead singer, she's great... And of course the single 'Not Ready To Make Nice' get them back on the track... A great comeback for them with 5 Grammy this year, nothing would be nicer than that... And of course, this movie is 'nice' too...
April 23, 2007
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