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Grateful Dawg
Sony Pictures Classics

Grateful Dawg reviews
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Metascore: 64 Metascore out of 100
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MPAA RATING: PG-13 for brief language

Starring Joe Craven, Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, and Jim Kerwin

The deeply rooted musical friendship between Jerry Garcia and David Grisman is exquisitely detailed in this musical documentary, which includes live Garcia/Grisman performances as well as rare and unique personal moments from the studio, backstage and home-style jam sessions. (Sony Pictures Classics)


GENRE(S): Musical  
DIRECTED BY: Gillian Grisman  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: February 5, 2002 
Video: February 5, 2002 
Theatrical: October 5, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 81 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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90
The New York Times Lawrence Van Gelder
Quite simply a treat for the ear.
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80
Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan
It's to be expected that the music is going to be wonderful, and it is. But there is more to this film, a surprising amount more.
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80
Washington Post Desson Thomson
Think of this movie as a glorified home video rather than a bitingly insightful documentary. But for Garcia and Grisman, this soft-shoe approach couldn't be more appropriate.
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75
Baltimore Sun Amanda J. Crawford
This is a video stroll through a family scrapbook.
75
Boston Globe Jay Carr
The pure joy of music-making is what this gem of a film is all about.
75
Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey
The movie has a musical rather than a cinematic shape, defined by songs played in their entirety.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
For music fans, there's great pleasure in hearing new audio tracks to "Sitting Here in Limbo," "Friend of the Devil" and more songs -- each one complete and unedited.
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70
LA Weekly Paul Malcolm
Grisman's warm, loving home movie in the guise of a documentary.
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70
TV Guide Steve Simels
It's especially nice that all the songs on the soundtrack are heard in their entirety, even if the accompanying video footage is sometimes drawn from performances of different vintage.
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63
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Though there are moderately interesting interviews interspersed throughout, Deadheads will want to see the numbers, in which Grisman's more formal style complements Garcia's looser approach to his music.
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63
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
You won't find many insights into the personalities, or even a hint of the demons that plagued Garcia until his death, but seeing the two men together -- keeps a smile on your face and your feet tapping throughout.
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63
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
A multilayered documentary that explores music and friendship, and in its own quiet way, the battle with fame.
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60
Village Voice Geoffrey Gray
It's like an 80-minute flip through the Grisman family photo album -- complete with live, unreleased soundtrack.
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60
Variety Dennis Harvey
The music is fine, but there's little else here to hold the attention of non-Deadheads.
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60
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
Grisman presents, with a sense of humor, the apparent contradictions of a complex personality.
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50
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
A must for any Deadhead and of genuine interest to any music fan, even if its documentary chops hit a few sour notes.
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40
New Times (L.A.) Andy Klein
With no aspects of the personalities represented outside of their music, Grateful Dawg ends up feeling dry and incomplete; its two subjects are stripped of all other characteristics and come across as not very interesting.
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40
Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard
Ultimately, Grateful Dawg will only be of real interest to musicology students and diehard Deadheads.

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