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Scott Walker: 30 Century Man
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65 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Joel Selvin
    75
    A fine new rock documentary.
  2. The Hollywood Reporter
    Reviewed by: Ray Bennett
    70
    Presented as a straight documentary about an American pop singer who had one U.K. hit in the 1960s as a member of a boy band and has gone missing ever since, but it plays like the slyest of spoofs.
  3. Village Voice
    Reviewed by: Jim Ridley
    70
    From the increasingly experimental solo records that followed, and Walker's subsequent reputation as a reclusive genius and cult figure, you'd expect the subject of Stephen Kijak's documentary to be a forbidding, pretentious artiste--and the pleasant surprise of Kijak's film is that he's anything but.
  4. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Mark Olsen
    70
    Director Stephen Kijak previously made the documentary "Cinemania," about a group of obsessive moviegoers, and it comes across here that Walker (born Noel Scott Engel) and his acolytes might best be described not by that distasteful word "hipster" but rather by the more dignified "connoisseur." These are people of discerning taste.
  5. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Stephen Holden
    70
    In a movie that avoids examining Mr. Walker's personal history, there are hints of a man struggling with chronic depression and problems with alcohol, but they are only hints. No major personal relationships are mentioned or even alluded to. The music speaks for itself.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Eddie Cockrell
    70
    Longtime fans of Walker's warm, sepulchral baritone, startlingly evocative songwriting and lushly imaginative instrumentation will rejoice at this revealing documentary.
  7. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Audra Schroeder
    67
    The elusive musician is in the spotlight, even if he's not that fond of it, and Kijak manages to keep him at a reverent distance, the film padded with gushing interviews from musician fans.
  8. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Owen Gleiberman
    67
    Walker forged an out-of-time mystique that is vividly captured here.
  9. New York Post
    Reviewed by: V.A. Musetto
    50
    Glosses over the depression and alcoholism that have bedeviled Walker as well as any relationships he might have had. But that doesn't make the film any less interesting.
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