Pearl Jam Twenty

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Pearl Jam Twenty

2011

1h 59m

Documentary

History

Drama

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Filmmaker and music journalist Cameron Crowe pays tribute to the Seattle-based band's 20th anniversary with interviews and rare concert footage.

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Cameron Crowe's fawning documentary is a true boon for Pearl Jam fans, but the band's insistent resistance to fame comes off hollow.

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Brian Tallerico

HollywoodChicago.com

09/29/2011

5.0/5.0

Very few music documentaries in the history of the form have more successfully conveyed the inner workings and outer artistic expression of a band than Cameron Crowe's brilliant Pearl Jam Twenty.

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Dana Stevens

Slate

09/23/2011

Crowe has assembled some top-drawer ephemera -- old show posters, home movies, and candid backstage footage -- but he overestimates his audience's patience for present-day talking-head interviews.

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Guy Dixon

Globe and Mail

09/23/2011

3/4

With its intimacy and (this can't be emphasized enough) fantastic sound, Pearl Jam Twenty is like two hours spent rediscovering the band through excellent headphones.

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Russell Cook

CineVue

12/01/2018

4/5

It is told in big themes and bold colours with blistering sound and is carved from over 1,200 hours of rarely seen and never-before seen footage spanning the band's career.

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John Gholson

Movies.com

02/03/2012

Pearl Jam Twenty may not create new fans, but for existing fans, it's an exceptional musical experience.

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Eric Melin

Scene-Stealers.com

10/27/2011

1.5/4

It is a huge missed opportunity on Crowe's part. In his attempt to show the best traits of a band he is obviously very enamored with, he's wound up with a pretty lackluster film.

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Synopsis

Filmmaker and music journalist Cameron Crowe pays tribute to the Seattle-based band's 20th anniversary with interviews and rare concert footage.

Director: Cameron Crowe
Producer: Cameron Crowe, Kelly Curtis, Morgan Neville, Andy Fischer
Screenwriter: Cameron Crowe
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Vinyl Films, Tremolo Productions
Genre: Documentary, History, Drama, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 20, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 3, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $454.8K
Runtime: 1h 59m