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Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
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79 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critics What's this?

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7.4 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Summary: As the lead singer of The Clash from 1977 onward, Joe Strummer changed people's lives forever. Four years after his death, his influence reaches out around the world, more strongly now than ever before. In The Future Is Unwritten, from British film director Julien Temple, Joe Strummer is revealed not just as a legend or musician, but as a true communicator of our times. Drawing on both a shared punk history and the close personal friendship that developed over the last years of Joe's life, Julien Temple's film is a celebration of Joe Strummer--before, during, and after The Clash. (IFC Films)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Andrew O'Hehir
    100
    The most powerful documentary I've seen all year, and one of the two or three best films ever made about an artist or musician.
  2. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    91
    That rarest of movie biographies: a warts-and-all exploration of the life and times of its subject.
  3. New York Magazine
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    60
    At least the movie never bogs down. But you only get a taste of what made the Clash for a brief period the most exciting band on that side of the Atlantic.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 3
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 3
  3. Negative: 0 out of 3
  1. NikkiIkki
    10
    Wonderful! Just Wonderful!
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  2. keithB.
    6
    I had high expectations from the maker of the Filth and the Fury, a real masterpiece. Julien Temple follows up with another excellent doc but at one point I started to think something's not quite right. Ok, the campfire testimonials was pretty bad. But more than that it was the relentlessness of the pacing that didn't work: kind of like watching a train go by, the cars one after another after another. Sorry Julien, I nodded off at one point.… Expand
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  3. AndrewF.
    4
    I'm surprised to see the positive reviews. I felt the film was a sprawling mess that didn't engage. By the end, I was tired of all the nameless faces, poor sound mixing, and the endless montage. My friend who adores Strummer felt he didn't learn anything that any fan would already know. Myself, who knows nothing of Strummer, felt drowned in a sea of confusion. We both felt bored.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes

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