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Rock the Bells
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Rock the Bells reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 70 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
10.0 out of 10
based on 10 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Personifying the fierce independence and do-it-yourself spirit of the Hip Hop movement, festival producer Chang Weisberg puts everything on the line for his impossible dream of reuniting notorious no-shows The Wu-Tang Clan. (Open Road)


GENRE(S): Documentary  |  Musical  
DIRECTED BY: Denis Hennelly
Casey Suchan
 
RELEASE DATE: DVD: July 31, 2007 
Theatrical: April 11, 2007 
RUNNING TIME: 103 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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88
Premiere Aaron Hillis
Rock the Bells doesn't just delve behind the scenes; it makes a showstopping guest-MC out of each crazy new obstacle.
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80
Village Voice Nathan Lee
An electrifying, occasionally terrifying documentary.
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80
Salon.com Andrew O'Hehir
Tense, hilarious and totally serendipitous.
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70
The New York Times Jeannette Catsoulis
A fascinating glimpse of a dreamer and a music culture that has always depended on dreams.
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70
Variety Ronnie Scheib
At several points, Chang is the only thing standing between his event and total chaos, as frustrated ticket-holders rush the gates.
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70
The Hollywood Reporter Frank Scheck
For connoisseurs of stories of show business near-disasters, "Bells" is compelling viewing.
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70
LA Weekly Ernest Hardy
In a film that quickly reveals itself to be a love letter to Wu, some of the best moments have nothing to do with that legendary hip-hop collective: Sage Francis taunting the unruly, increasingly tense crowd with his cerebral, political performance-art hip-hop; Redman playfully admonishing his young son to be good and then giving the boy a kiss when the paternal command wounds.
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70
Los Angeles Times Michael Ordona
Stressful to watch, but its entertaining stage performances and document of people under pressure should interest even non-rap fans.
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63
TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
It's a show we don't see, presumably because of issues with music rights, and while "much ado about nothing" might be overstating things, after more than an hour and a half of buildup, it would have been nice to see Wu-Tang perform.
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60
Chicago Reader Peter Margasak
This isn't about the verities of hip-hop so much as the chaos and confusion of mounting a big production with a slew of stoned MCs.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 10.0 (out of 10) based on 1 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Claude S. gave it a10:
First and foremost, I think it is a nice little film, I've always loved the concerts, and as a hard-core hip-hop music fan myself, it hits me in the spot for it intrigues me and provides new insight into the music business and I like the music.

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