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A spectacular concert documentary that also gives some fascinating insights into the making of "The Black Album."
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83The man has the right to retire, but what will he do with all the words in his head?
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Even if the film could use some trimming, its hip-hop splendor proves hype-worthy.
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Whether a legend was born (or retired) that night at the Garden remains to be seen, but even on film, it was one killer show.
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75He'll be back; he's already back. But that doesn't mean the ''farewell'' wasn't worth it.
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75It mostly is a triumph of stagecraft and speaker-blowing freestyling.
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75The film elects a storytelling manner that's scarily similar to the beginning of a lot of hip-hop thrillers.
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70Beyond offering a valuable look at Jay-Z's creative process, the behind-the-scenes material complements the concert footage, showing the work that allows Jay-Z to entertain tens of thousands of fans live.
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70The film has a feel similar to his songs--airtight, forthright, never spat till they're set.
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70Smartly directed by Pat Paulson and Michael John Warren and nicely lensed.
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A loving tribute to one of the most important figures in hip hop. From Jay-Z to himself.
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60This Jay-Z documentary is too much of a good thing, really.
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60It's clear early on, however, that this is standard concert-film fare geared to the faithful.
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Expect nothing but pure showbiz and you won't be disappointed.
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50The film doesn't manage to achieve for hip-hop what the great rock concert films of the past have done for their musical genre.
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No new moment in here for rap fans or anyone else.
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50Routinely assembled live document.
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40While billed as "an intimate look" at Jay-Z, the film reveals next to nothing about him beyond the fact that he possesses a formidable ability to spin and remember lengthy rhymes, however vulgar and reductive their content.
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It's the perfect sort of movie to have playing on a television in the corner of a rec room during a low-key beer and pizza party.
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25This masturbatory exercise is the least revealing "documentary" since Jerry Seinfeld's "Comedian."
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