Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man
Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 27 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 20 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 27
  3. Negative: 1 out of 27
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  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Michael Sragow
    91
    The only thing that tops Cave here is Cohen himself at the end, singing "Tower of Song" with U2.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Michael Rechtshaffen
    90
    An affectionate and intimate celebration of the acclaimed troubadour in stirring music and words.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    89
    A moving tribute to this legendary artist's life and career.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Ken Fox
    88
    The accolades are typically gushing - Bono likens Cohen to Byron and Shelley.
  5. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    88
    Australian rocker Nick Cave talks of how discovering Cohen during his small-town youth "just changed things." Bono calls the singer "our Shelley, our Byron."
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    83
    I'm not generally a big fan of tribute concerts, but this is a glorious exception.
  7. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    83
    If there's a calmer, more self-collected star out there, then he or she has hidden the fact pretty well.

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User Score
6.6 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 7
  3. Negative: 3 out of 7
  1. [Anonymous]
    3
    I am a Cohen fan, but this film embarrassing. I am not sure what the director was trying to do, but she failed miserably (what was the deal with the random waitress with the red sparkling dress??). Bono, the Edge and company get their greasy finger in this one too. Aside from a few good performances this film offers not but frustration to Cohen fans. Save your money and go listen to 'Songs of Love & Hate', or read 'Parasites of Heaven.'… Full Review »
  2. AdamM.
    2
    I consider myself a Leonard Cohen fan, but this film was tedious at best. I mean no disrespect to artists like Teddy Thompson, Martha Wainwright and Beth Orton, but surely they could have done better for a tribute concert to one of the greatest songwriters of all-time. But the fact that this tribute concert is the centrepeice of the film is part of the problem; I think a more effective documentary would have focused on interviews with Cohen interspersed with his own definitive performances of his own songs.… Full Review »
  3. Wolfiefish
    3
    I'm not a major fan, but I do own 2 Cohen cd's and think that he is a great song writer. I had my reservations about seeing this film, thinking it might be a dull affair. So I decided to check out the critics, and more importantly, the user reviews. I became interested after such positive comments and decided to go and see it. Metacritic! You let me down! I cannot believe there were no real bad reviews! This film stinks. It should have been called Leonard Cohens works get butchered in the style of a pub singer. (Nick Cave). Only Jarvis Cocker held his own on stage, and everyone else looked and sounded second rate. Maybe it's just my taste in music, but after I got back home I had to put some Cohen on again just to remind me what it was that I liked about the guy in the first place. Ok, the interviews with Cohen were interesting, at times inaudiable, but the comments by the "So called musicians" (Bono and the Edge) made me want to throw up. I fell asleep twice through this movie, and it was in an open air cinema. Don't see the film. Instead buy a bottle of wine, invite friends over and have a Cohen night in with your cd collection.… Full Review »
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