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Grateful Dawg
Sony Pictures Classics
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
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Gillian Grisman
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: February 5, 2002
Video: February 5, 2002
Theatrical: October 5, 2001
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| RUNNING TIME: |
81 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
90
The New York Times
Lawrence Van Gelder
Quite simply a treat for the ear.

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.

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.

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.

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.

70
LA Weekly
Paul Malcolm
Grisman's warm, loving home movie in the guise of a documentary.

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.

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.

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.

63
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
A multilayered documentary that explores music and friendship, and in its own quiet way, the battle with fame.

60
Village Voice
Geoffrey Gray
It's like an 80-minute flip through the Grisman family photo album -- complete with live, unreleased soundtrack.

60
Variety
Dennis Harvey
The music is fine, but there's little else here to hold the attention of non-Deadheads.

60
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
Grisman presents, with a sense of humor, the apparent contradictions of a complex personality.

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.

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.

40
Mr. Showbiz
Kevin Maynard
Ultimately, Grateful Dawg will only be of real interest to musicology students and diehard Deadheads.

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