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Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police Photos

Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police (2012)

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Movie Info

The photographs of guitarist Andy Summers chronicle his early days in the psychedelic '60s music scene and his experiences as a member of the phenomenally successful band, the Police.

Genre:

history, drama, biography, documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Andy Grieve, Lauren Lazin
Producer:

Nicolas Cage, Norman Golightly, Bob Yari
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 20, 2015 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 4, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA):

$23.2K
Runtime:

1h 19m
Production Co:

Yari Film Group, Public Road Prods., Saturn Films

Cast & Crew

Stewart Copeland

The Police
Themselves

Sting

Andy Summers

Andy Grieve
Director

Lauren Lazin
Director

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Critic Reviews for Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police

All Critics (18) | Top Critics (10) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (11)

The film is a drag - lightened up unintentionally by Summers's laughable prose.

May 1, 2015 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

Brad Wheeler
Globe and Mail
A reminder of what this reluctant punk band that perfected a reggae-spiced pop-rock sound achieved, and the strength of the music they made.

April 30, 2015 | Full Review…

Linda Barnard
Toronto Star
The scope of Andy Grieve and Lauren Lazin's film is extremely limited.

April 30, 2015 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Bruce Kirkland
Toronto Sun
This is a needlessly dull movie that should have gone back to the drawing board.

April 9, 2015 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…

David Lewis
San Francisco Chronicle
Summers' big-screen take on those ongoing group tensions surrounding Sting's reluctance to be considered a career team player constantly strikes a by now all-too-familiar, predominantly sour, chord.

April 3, 2015 | Full Review…

Michael Rechtshaffen
Los Angeles Times
There are three stories to be told about the Police, but you're only going to hear one of them here.

March 24, 2015 | Full Review…

Alonso Duralde
Linoleum Knife
Summers is an amiable host but the inclusion of fresh interviews with his former band mates - who appear in archival and some newly shot footage from their one-off 2008 reunion tour - might have broadened the story and added some grit to the tale.

February 3, 2021 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Richard Crouse
Richard Crouse
Semi stiff voiceover readings from his memoir One Train Later make Summers sound like a hostage

August 24, 2017 | Full Review…

Jonathan Kiefer
SF Weekly
Jazz listeners always knew Summers was the coolest member of the Police, and that judgment is vindicated by Andy Grieve's Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving the Police.

May 22, 2016 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Joe Bendel
Epoch Times
Think of all the great documentaries you've seen about rock and roll. Now imagine a boring one. That, unfortunately, is Can't Stand Losing You: -Surviving The Police.

December 18, 2015 | Rating: 2/5

Norman Wilner
NOW Toronto
This isn't the definitive Police documentary many will want it to be. Nor is it especially moving as a musical document.

July 14, 2015 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com
This documentary, narrated by Summers through passages from his 2006 memoir One Train Later, provides a unique exploration of the trio's history.

April 30, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Chris Knight
National Post