Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten Reviews
November 21, 2007
Indulgent celebrity interviews..., repetitive details from Strummer's friends, and rapid-fire editing of found footage that sometimes matches the music but often just clouds the narrative.
Original Score: 2/4
November 17, 2007
The end result is a documentary that feels very insider and exclusive... it's probably best suited to those who are already fans.
November 9, 2007
Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten is a film for fans -- really big fans. More-casual admirers, perhaps those whose only Strummer CD is the Clash's "London Calling," should probably stay away.
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| Original Score: C
November 2, 2007
Little sense of the band's import or power is ever communicated. Instead, Temple devotes the entire second hour of the film to Strummer's uninteresting post-Clash career.
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| Original Score: 2/4
November 2, 2007
Little else we've not been exposed to in the last handful of years.
November 2, 2007
An attempt at a tribute to a great man. Strummer doesn't need it.
Original Score: 5/10
November 1, 2007
[Julien Temple's] insider's point of view both helps and hurts the film.
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| Original Score: 3/5