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A cinematic gift for Springsteen fans, Western Stars serves as a worthy companion piece to the album of the same name.
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It's the cutaways between songs that stitch it all together with an emotional thread that charts its subject's struggles over the decades. Oct 29, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
It's the cutaways between songs that stitch it all together with an emotional thread that charts its subject's struggles over the decades.
Philip De Semlyen
A lovely companion piece to the latest album from the legendary musician. Oct 25, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
A lovely companion piece to the latest album from the legendary musician.
Brian Tallerico
Throughout, Springsteen proves prophet and poet, a rhinestone cowboy still barreling down the highway of life. "Western Stars" is yet another exit on his epic journey. Oct 24, 2019 | Rating: A | Full Review…
Throughout, Springsteen proves prophet and poet, a rhinestone cowboy still barreling down the highway of life. "Western Stars" is yet another exit on his epic journey.
Adam Graham
For Springsteen diehards - I'm raising my hand now - this is not the rich visual expansion of a very good album that its author hoped to make. Oct 24, 2019 | Full Review…
For Springsteen diehards - I'm raising my hand now - this is not the rich visual expansion of a very good album that its author hoped to make.
Chris Klimek
Now he's taken the reins as a movie director for a visual companion to his recently released, same-named album... that in its intimacy and honesty plays as if this is the way these songs were always meant to be enjoyed. Oct 24, 2019 | Full Review…
Now he's taken the reins as a movie director for a visual companion to his recently released, same-named album... that in its intimacy and honesty plays as if this is the way these songs were always meant to be enjoyed.
Robert Abele
"Western Stars," Bruce Springsteen's best album in years, makes for an enchanting movie that looks bravely ahead at the open road while casting a longing glance in the rear-view mirror. Oct 24, 2019 | Rating: 3.5/4 | Full Review…
"Western Stars," Bruce Springsteen's best album in years, makes for an enchanting movie that looks bravely ahead at the open road while casting a longing glance in the rear-view mirror.
Peter Howell
Western Stars isn't going to break the music documentary mold, and there are some interstitial segments that are honestly downright cheesy, but if you're a Springsteen fan, you should find plenty to love about it. Nov 12, 2019 | Full Review…
Western Stars isn't going to break the music documentary mold, and there are some interstitial segments that are honestly downright cheesy, but if you're a Springsteen fan, you should find plenty to love about it.
Lee Jutton
The performance footage is mesmerising, as Springsteen articulates the intimacy of lyrics imbued with themes of a mythic West, despite sharing the stage with a full electric band and a 30-piece orchestra. Nov 11, 2019 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…
The performance footage is mesmerising, as Springsteen articulates the intimacy of lyrics imbued with themes of a mythic West, despite sharing the stage with a full electric band and a 30-piece orchestra.
Terry Staunton
We can stare at his iconic Boss pose - sturdy, bent-kneed, poised like a hood ornament into the wind... but like the music itself, it feels a little too smooth, a little too contrived and just a teensy bit cheesy to embrace on a deeply personal level. Nov 10, 2019 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…
We can stare at his iconic Boss pose - sturdy, bent-kneed, poised like a hood ornament into the wind... but like the music itself, it feels a little too smooth, a little too contrived and just a teensy bit cheesy to embrace on a deeply personal level.
Katherine Monk
Each song is performed live in the film, and each song is set up with a short video narrated by Springsteen explaining the inspiration for each song. This movie is as much about Springsteen the man, as it is about Springsteen, the performer. Nov 8, 2019 | Rating: B | Full Review…
Each song is performed live in the film, and each song is set up with a short video narrated by Springsteen explaining the inspiration for each song. This movie is as much about Springsteen the man, as it is about Springsteen, the performer.
Robert Roten
Boss, I never should have doubted you. Nov 1, 2019 | Rating: A- | Full Review…
Boss, I never should have doubted you.
Robert W. Butler
A captivating musical experience brought to the screen that expresses both the nature of Bruce Springsteen and the meaning behind his album Western Stars. Nov 1, 2019 | Full Review…
A captivating musical experience brought to the screen that expresses both the nature of Bruce Springsteen and the meaning behind his album Western Stars.
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