What We Started

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Movie Info

The history and the culture of electronic dance music.

Genre:

documentary
Original Language:

English
Director:

Bert Marcus, Cyrus Saidi
Producer:

Bert Marcus, Cyrus Saidi, Cassandra Hamar, Lion Shirdan
Writer:

Bert Marcus, Cyrus Saidi
Release Date (Theaters):

Mar 23, 2018 limited
Release Date (Streaming):

Mar 23, 2018
Runtime:

1h 35m

Cast & Crew

Steve Angello

Carl Cox

Chip Eberhart

Martin Garrix

David Guetta

Erick Morillo

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Critic Reviews for What We Started

All Critics (20) | Top Critics (7) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (3)

Beyond the history lesson, the film adds a personal element by focusing on jockeys from two generations: British turntable legend Carl Cox and youth Dutch phenom Martin Garrix.

July 20, 2018 | Full Review…

Tim Campbell
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The documentary follows Cox's winding down and Garrix's rise, along with an entertaining, if familiar, history of electronic dance music.

July 6, 2018 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Suzi Feay
Financial Times
Bouncing between eras and their various beats, while also playing a few heartstrings down the stretch. It's a trip well worth taking, whether you're a devotee of EDM or a neophyte like myself.

July 2, 2018 | Rating: A- | Full Review…

Ed Bark
Uncle Barky
What works in a nightclub set doesn't always work in a film, as electronic dance music documentary "What We Started" demonstrates.

March 24, 2018 | Full Review…

Andrew Barker
Variety
Tells enough of the story to show today's legion of David Guetta fans where he and his peers came from.

March 22, 2018 | Full Review…

John DeFore
Hollywood Reporter
They gush about the genre's milestones and metaphorically high-five one another while trying not to bore the uninitiated into a drugless stupor.

March 22, 2018 | Full Review…

Ben Kenigsberg
New York Times
What We Started displays a particular ability to tell a thorough and solid chronicle of EDM's journey that entices both the fan and the non-initiated.

April 27, 2020 | Rating: 8/10 | Full Review…

Alejandro Turdo
Quelle Movies
An illuminating and entertaining documentary.

April 10, 2020 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…

Matt Brunson
Film Frenzy
It isn't punk or altogether terribly intriguing, but it is an entrance ramp to a world many have never visited.

April 4, 2020 | Rating: 3/5 | Full Review…

Bill Arceneaux
Neaux Reel Idea
Anyone who gives this entertaining doc a spin may find it hard to sit still while they watch.

March 28, 2020 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review…

Gary M. Kramer
Film Racket
Not only is What We Started a cultural retelling of the last 30 years of EDM, but also its effect on music and culture as a whole.

October 30, 2019 | Full Review…

Debbie Lynn Elias
Behind The Lens
What We Started is a sporadic, heartfelt history of EDM.

September 18, 2018 | Rating: 2.5/5 | Full Review…

Tony Macklin
tonymacklin.net

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