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Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown is an assured threading-of-the-needle, slowly working its way to the sweet spot where the man and the legend overlap. Oct 27, 2014 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise Of James Brown is an assured threading-of-the-needle, slowly working its way to the sweet spot where the man and the legend overlap.
Joshua Alston
There's so much to the Brown story that focus becomes an issue in a film like Alex Gibney's "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown." How do you capture the hardest working man in show business in just two hours? Oct 27, 2014 | Full Review…
There's so much to the Brown story that focus becomes an issue in a film like Alex Gibney's "Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown." How do you capture the hardest working man in show business in just two hours?
Brian Tallerico
A documentary film on the life and times of James Brown as the times made the music and the music shaped the times, it is a long, soulful scream over an insistent funky vamp. Oct 27, 2014 | Full Review…
A documentary film on the life and times of James Brown as the times made the music and the music shaped the times, it is a long, soulful scream over an insistent funky vamp.
Robert Lloyd
People make documentaries about musicians all the time, and some of them are rich with insight. But even among the best of the bunch, few are as thorough about the artist's music as Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown. Oct 27, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
People make documentaries about musicians all the time, and some of them are rich with insight. But even among the best of the bunch, few are as thorough about the artist's music as Alex Gibney's Mr. Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown.
David Wiegand
This is a smart, informative and compassionate look at the artist known as the Godfather of Soul, whose music changed America. Oct 27, 2014 | Full Review…
This is a smart, informative and compassionate look at the artist known as the Godfather of Soul, whose music changed America.
Alessandra Stanley
While the 2014 documentary Mr. Dynamite: the Rise Of James Brown claims to explore Brown's beginnings in its title, it actually goes much further. Dec 19, 2017 | Full Review…
While the 2014 documentary Mr. Dynamite: the Rise Of James Brown claims to explore Brown's beginnings in its title, it actually goes much further.
Benjamin H. Smith
His fans will also get a kick out watching him sing, dance, and showboat as only he knew how to do. But if you don't care for the singer or his music, chances are that you'll lose interest in it before it's over. Nov 3, 2014 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
His fans will also get a kick out watching him sing, dance, and showboat as only he knew how to do. But if you don't care for the singer or his music, chances are that you'll lose interest in it before it's over.
Melissa Camacho
There's a lot see here, including the birth of funk and some candor from the band. Oct 27, 2014 | Full Review…
There's a lot see here, including the birth of funk and some candor from the band.
Roger Catlin
While this doc certainly could've used more texture, and sometimes races along like a cinematic Wikipedia entry, Gibney accomplishes his task at hand, showing exactly why Brown has had the ability to "stay on the scene" for decades, and decades to come. Oct 27, 2014 | Rating: B | Full Review…
While this doc certainly could've used more texture, and sometimes races along like a cinematic Wikipedia entry, Gibney accomplishes his task at hand, showing exactly why Brown has had the ability to "stay on the scene" for decades, and decades to come.
Kevin Jagernauth
Mr. Dynamite is a strikingly varied and substantial portrait of an intensely complex artist. Oct 26, 2014 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
Mr. Dynamite is a strikingly varied and substantial portrait of an intensely complex artist.
Chris Cabin
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