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- 2018
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 55 m
- 2018
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 55 m
Summary This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these thing...
Directed By: Sophie Fiennes
- 2018
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 55 m
- 2018
- Kino Lorber
- 1 h 55 m
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
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7.3
Where to Watch
Summary This electrifying journey through the public and private worlds of pop culture mega-icon Grace Jones contrasts musical sequences with intimate personal footage, all the while brimming with Jones’s bold aesthetic. A larger-than-life entertainer, an androgynous glam-pop diva, an unpredictable media presence – Grace Jones is all these thing...
Directed By: Sophie Fiennes
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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72% Positive
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28% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
75
72% Positive
13 Reviews
13 Reviews
28% Mixed
5 Reviews
5 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Fiennes doesn’t do anything radical in her handling of the footage or the approach, but with a subject like Grace Jones a simple approach is still spellbinding.
Feels feverishly dreamlike while keeping its subject firmly rooted in the present. If you desire a female empowering musical manifesto with both claws and kisses, here it is.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
7.3
78% Positive
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22% Mixed
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0% Negative
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 9 User Ratings
7.3
78% Positive
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
22% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
0% Negative
0 Ratings
0 Ratings
I don't believe it. Metacritic IMPROVED THEIR FREAKING SEARCH ENGINE! I've been on this site since day one. Metacritic, hands down, had the worst search function in the universe.
Now it appears to be normal like something from THIS CENTURY. oh and the grace jones **** see it.
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This film is more snippets from a 12 year journey of Grace Jones' life intertwined with concert footage. Though at times very provocative and interesting, the lack of a clear narrative is what undoes the film. The best part? This woman can still perform.
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This is an intimate portrait of the artist in recent years as she returns to Jamaica, the country of her birth and childhood, for a family reunion.
Perhaps Fiennes’s intent is to draw the viewer into the solipsistic intensity of what it is to be Grace Jones. It is a bracing experience, because she is hedonistic, exultant, funny, and fierce.
The effect of Sophie Fiennes's unmoored approach to her subject is to take us out of normal time and put us on Grace Jones time.
Despite the candid vérité stylings, art-dance powerhouse Grace Jones remains a magnetic enigma in Sophie Fiennes’ docu-study.
A film with no context, it is a sporadically interesting, overlong look at the legend as she nears 70, still performing before her legions of fans.
As a concert film, this offering works well. But, as a documentary about its subject, it comes up lacking, presenting only smatterings of insight into what makes Grace Jones the person and artist she is. What's more, the film feels padded, including considerable incidental (and largely insignificant) material to fill out its runtime, which is, in itself, overlong and in need of editing. A missed opportunity, to be sure.
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Production Company
Blinder Films,
Sligoville,
Amoeba Film,
BBC Film,
BFI Film Fund,
Bord Scannán na hÉireann / The Irish Film Board,
Roads Entertainment,
ZDF/Arte
Release Date Apr 13, 2018
Duration 1 h 55 m
Genres
Tagline An electrifying journey through the performance, private and public worlds of pop cultural icon Grace Jones.
Website
http://www.gracejonesmovie.com/
Awards
Washington DC Filmfest
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)
• 1 Nomination
Merlinka festival
• 1 Nomination
