Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You Reviews
December 6, 2020
A heartfelt missive set to muscle and brawn of songs baring Springsteen's soul and addressing his growing awareness that the best things in life are finite.
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| Original Score: A-
November 30, 2020
As he puts on his beat up jacket and walks out into the snowy New Jersey night, he is the same kid who walked the same beaches sixty years ago.
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| Original Score: 7/10
November 18, 2020
If you're a Bruce Springsteen fan -- or even if you have an affection for his music -- Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You is a don't-miss documentary.
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| Original Score: 4/4
November 6, 2020
A band unlike any other, Springsteen's E Street Band gets a fitting tribute in the new documentary, chronicling the making of their latest album.
November 3, 2020
Beautifully made. Springsteen fans will love it
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| Original Score: 7/10
October 31, 2020
I'm not sure I'd quite call it 'a movie,' but this is one of the more soulful promotional items you'll come across.
October 30, 2020
A rousing and rockin' documentary in which Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band record a new album and the Boss offers spiritual commentary on the songs.
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| Original Score: 5/5
October 27, 2020
Letter to You pays affecting, rousing testimony to the durable power of connections forged through song. Time well spent.
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| Original Score: 4/5
October 26, 2020
A hugely entertaining and very moving examination of the creative process of one of rock's greatest talents, and his beloved, once-again-reunited band.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5
October 26, 2020
This documentary is every bit as special as the album, Springsteen's best in years. It's joyful, it's magical and, yes, it's life affirming, too.
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| Original Score: 4/4
October 26, 2020
[W]hen Zimny lets the images speak for themselves, "Letter to You" achieves a moving power.
October 24, 2020
Bruce, as we see in the studio instructing his engineer and E Street bandmates, really does run the show with a strong hand. The "Boss" label is not ironic, though he maintains some levity ("Roy -- don't play it up higher, just don't play it so LOW.").
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| Original Score: B
October 24, 2020
With too much salutation and not enough action, this is a (fine) companion to the album but not a freestanding film.
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| Original Score: 2.5/4
October 24, 2020
An incredibly beautiful documentary... It's very illuminating.
October 23, 2020
The documentary buttresses the point that when it comes to passion to communicate through music, after all these years, Bruce Springsteen and his mates are still on fire.
October 23, 2020
Objectively, Letters to You is a strong documentary - thoughtful in tone and composition, nicely photographed, thematically focused.
October 23, 2020
Letter stands as an homage to the past without being shackled to it. And at 71, Springsteen has his eye on the end of the road.
October 23, 2020
Letter to You is a tribute to the E Street Band and how they are still as vital and energetic, and still play like they need the money.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
October 23, 2020
[A]n intimate if not altogether revealing look into Springsteen and the E Street Band's latest album.
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| Original Score: B
October 23, 2020
Just like the music itself, Bruce Springsteen's Letter to You is personal for the Boss and profound in its own right.
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| Original Score: 4.5/5