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Sara Bareilles: Good Grief

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For the first time in seven years, Grammy winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles returns to the studio with dear friends to begin recording her most intimate album yet, born of profound personal loss and grief. Internationally known for pop anthems like "Love Song" and "Brave", this cinematic portrait observes the most private corners of Sara's creative process as well as her personal life. What unfolds in front of the camera is the incredibly raw experience of mining one's own pain to create art, and the hope that carries an artist forward: that sharing what is broken in oneself might ultimately bring us closer to healing and repair.

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Steven Prokopy Third Coast Review 4 days ago
3.5/4
For those of us starving for details on the creative process, this movie does an exceptional job holding our hand and walking us through an especially difficult but ultimately worthwhile and immersive journey of self-healing. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2026
3.5/4.0
By sharing her own stories, from infertility to grief to mental health, Bareilles crafts not just delicate and magical songs but also a place to lean into the fullness of the human experience with all its joys and sorrows, laughter and vulnerabilities. Go to Full Review Valerie Kalfrin AWFJ.org Sep 4, 2026
SARA BAREILLES: GOOD GRIEF has so much music, heart, creativity, and love that viewers will feel privileged Bareilles has opened her soul to us. Go to Full Review Carla Hay Culture Mix Jun 6, 2026
This weepy, self-indulgent, and frequently dull documentary shows recording sessions that often look more like whiny therapy sessions. The songwriting and vocal talent are overshadowed by pity-party crying over infertility, motherhood, and death. Go to Full Review Douglas Davidson Elements of Madness Jun 5, 2026
4/5
... at once, private, intimate, and raw, while also a hilarious celebration of human existence, demonstrating that the people we surround ourselves with, the village we make, can be the difference between finding solid ground or drowning in loss. Go to Full Review Peter Gray The AU Review Jun 5, 2026
4/5
Warm, cathartic, and disarmingly honest, Sara Bareilles: Good Grief is less a documentary about recording an album than it is a portrait of what it means to keep creating – and keep loving – after loss. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Alexis Vargas Sep 3, 2026 Sara Bareilles created a safe space to break open with grief with strangers. There wasn’t a single dry eye in our theatre! A beautiful balance in storytelling of the salt, sour, and sweetness of being human. You felt like you were in the room where the album bloomed. An unforgettable, intimate, and vulnerably beautiful experience. See more John T @RT31190559 3 days ago Absolutely loved Good Grief. So intimate, personal and beautifully honest. Sara Bareilles is extraordinarily talented, but it’s her warmth, wit and vulnerability that make this so special. Deeply moving and incredibly comforting. ❤️ See more Read all reviews
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Josh Alexander

Director

Sara Bareilles

Self

Misty Boyce

Self

Butterfly Boucher

Self

Solomon Dorsey

Self

Charley Drayton

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Synopsis For the first time in seven years, Grammy winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles returns to the studio with dear friends to begin recording her most intimate album yet, born of profound personal loss and grief. Internationally known for pop anthems like "Love Song" and "Brave", this cinematic portrait observes the most private corners of Sara's creative process as well as her personal life. What unfolds in front of the camera is the incredibly raw experience of mining one's own pain to create art, and the hope that carries an artist forward: that sharing what is broken in oneself might ultimately bring us closer to healing and repair.
Director
Josh Alexander
Producer
Josh Alexander, Daniel J. Chalfen
Screenwriter
Josh Alexander, Josh Alexander
Distributor
mTuckman Media
Production Co
The deNovo Initiative, Naked Edge Films, Group Effort Films, Submarine Entertainment
Genre
Documentary, Biography, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 2, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 34m
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