Neil Young Journeys
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74 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 21 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 21
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 21
  3. Negative: 1 out of 21
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  1. Time Out New York
    Reviewed by: Keith Uhlich
    Jun 29, 2012
    100
    This time around, the director documents a 2011 Young solo show in Toronto (the musician's birthplace), but in an intentionally fractured way.
  2. The A.V. Club
    Reviewed by: Sam Adams
    Jun 29, 2012
    91
    The heart of any concert movie is the concert itself, and in the case of Neil Young Journeys, it's a great one.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: Peter Rainer
    Jun 29, 2012
    91
    A feast for Neil Young lovers and initiates alike.
  4. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    Jun 29, 2012
    90
    Mr. Young's passionate cracked whine assumes an oracular power.
  5. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    Jun 29, 2012
    88
    It certainly stays alive in this spare and intriguing film directed by Jonathan Demme, who has helmed two previous Young concert films.
  6. Arizona Republic
    Reviewed by: Bill Goodykoontz
    Jul 26, 2012
    80
    Young is one of only a handful of artists from his generation still making vital contributions, or even trying to. Some of his efforts are hit-and-miss, but he's still in there swinging. He never stops moving, changing, evolving, and it makes him fascinating.
  7. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Aaron Hillis
    Jun 29, 2012
    80
    Teaming with the Canadian legend again, Demme and five other camera operators expertly capture an intense, pared-down 2011 solo show at Toronto's Massey Hall in the absorbing new Neil Young Journeys.
  8. New York Daily News
    Reviewed by: Jim Farber
    Jun 29, 2012
    80
    Of course, the music is the thing and the sounds here earn Demme's reverence.
  9. Philadelphia Inquirer
    Reviewed by: Dan Deluca
    Jul 26, 2012
    75
    I'd say the movie does a fine job of completing the trilogy, but I wouldn't be surprised if Demme and Young have more in them yet.
  10. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
    Reviewed by: James Adams
    Jul 13, 2012
    75
    Over all, Neil Young Journeys is a pretty solemn affair, kinda like the man himself.
  11. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Phillips
    Jul 12, 2012
    75
    With its one-of-a-kind poetic lamentation, Young's voice sounds more peculiarly lovely than ever. A small picture, but good and true.
  12. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    Jul 11, 2012
    75
    It's an intimate performance portrait.
  13. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Peter Hartlaub
    Jul 5, 2012
    75
    Half of one song is performed with a speck of saliva on the camera. More casual fans will twist in their chairs uncomfortably, wishing that a roadie would walk up and wipe it off. Neil Young die-hards will cherish the spittle.
  14. Movieline
    Reviewed by: Michelle Orange
    Jun 29, 2012
    75
    The audience is never seen and only faintly heard. This puts a lot of visual pressure on a very inward performer. Young is a beast onstage, to be sure - he seems to re-grow an appendix for each song.
  15. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    Jun 29, 2012
    75
    Journeys, shot on the last two nights of Young's 2011 solo world tour, is essential Neil Young.
  16. Slant Magazine
    Reviewed by: Kalvin Henely
    Jun 29, 2012
    75
    As great and intimate as Live at Massey Hall 1971 may be, it's not as transportive as this filming of a Neil Young performance at the venue 30 years later.
  17. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Shawn Levy
    Jul 19, 2012
    67
    Neil Young Journeys is the third documentary/concert film focusing on the great Canadian songwriter that director Jonathan Demme has made since 2006, and it's the weakest of the three, even as it sporadically charms.
  18. Boston Globe
    Reviewed by: Ty Burr
    Jul 12, 2012
    63
    Neil Young Journeys is easily the least of the three documentaries director Jonathan Demme has made with the legendary rocker; but in its shaggy, eccentric way, it may be the truest.
  19. Boxoffice Magazine
    Reviewed by: Mark Keizer
    Jun 29, 2012
    60
    Fans of the 66-year-old guitar god (which is to say the only people who'll see this homespun gem) will revel in Young's winsome cruise down Memory Lane.
  20. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Betsy Sharkey
    Jun 29, 2012
    60
    Young's almost mystical musicianship is what saves it.
  21. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Kyle Smith
    Jun 29, 2012
    12
    The nicest thing I can think of to say about the doc Neil Young Journeys is that at least it isn't in 3-D.

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  1. Guytom
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    One of the worst movies ever. 20 minutes of Neil's chin hair with spit on the camera lens. Buy the soundtrack. Great confidence booster for student film makers.… Full Review »
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