2024
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 36 m

2024
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 36 m

Summary On January 25, 1985, dozens of the biggest names in music convened at a studio in Los Angeles, checked their egos at the door and recorded a song to benefit African famine relief that would alter global pop culture history. The Greatest Night in Pop chronicles the massive undertaking to assemble the world’s most impressive supergroup in ...

Directed By: Bao Nguyen

2024
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 36 m

2024
TV-MA
Netflix
1 h 36 m

The Greatest Night in Pop

Name: The Greatest Night in Pop
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2024-01-29
Duration: 1 min 36 s
Rating: 69
Cast: Lionel Richie, Harriet Sternberg, Wendy Rees, Harry Belafonte, Steven Ivory

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 10 Critic Reviews

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings

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Directed By: Bao Nguyen

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CNN

Jan 29, 2024

Lionel Richie serves as the de facto tour guide for this trip down memory lane, which fulfills its promise to make a better day (or at least 90-some-odd minutes) for you and me.

By Brian Lowry FULL REVIEW

Chicago Sun-Times

Jan 29, 2024

Directed by Bao Nguyen, who expertly combines the multi-camera recordings from the night of the session with new interviews with Richie, Cyndi Lauper, Kenny Loggins, Huey Lewis, Smokey Robinson and Bruce Springsteen, as well as technicians who were there, “The Greatest Night in Pop” is a terrific behind-the-scenes chronicle of the making of a single that sold 20 million copies worldwide, won multiple Grammys and, most important, of course, raised more than $60 million in 1985 dollars.

By Richard Roeper FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 23 User Ratings

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RogerEbert.com

Jan 20, 2024

The good news is that it largely breaks the trend of mediocre rock docs through specificity, being at its best when it’s granular in the process of the recording, including some lyrical near-misses, some personality conflicts in the room, and even one participant who liked a bit too much wine.

By Brian Tallerico FULL REVIEW

New York Magazine (Vulture)

Feb 1, 2024

The anecdotes are mostly on brand for the musicians.

By Bilge Ebiri FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Jan 29, 2024

While the making of the song was partially detailed in its long-form video, there’s plenty of new, engaging, and sometimes eyebrow-raising anecdotal material here.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Collider

Jan 29, 2024

The Greatest Night in Pop is a worthy story in its own right, but a bit more of the director's touch could've done justice to this gigantic achievement of pop music history.

By Ross Bonaime FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Jan 24, 2024

While The Greatest Night in Pop may not amount to anything more than a sanitized and somewhat masturbatory look back at one of the wildest get-togethers in the modern history of music (the film doesn’t offer any commentary deeper than “isn’t it so fucking crazy that this happened, and that we have it all on tape?”), there’s no denying that it’s a lot of fun to watch it all go down.

By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Dorothy Street Pictures, MRC Film, MakeMake Entertainment, Paramount Pictures

Release Date Jan 29, 2024

Duration 1 h 36 m

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Lionel Richie

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Harriet Sternberg

Self - Head of Creative Services, Kragen & Co

Wendy Rees

Self - Creative Services, Kragen & Co

Harry Belafonte

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Steven Ivory

Self - Music Journalist

Ken Kragen

Self

Quincy Jones

Self

Larry Klein

Self - Producer, American Music Awards

Cyndi Lauper

Self

Bruce Springsteen

Self

David Breskin

Self - Author, 'We Are The World' Book

Kenny Loggins

Self

Humberto Gatica

Self - Recording Engineer

Huey Lewis

Self

Smokey Robinson

Self

Tom Bähler

Self - Vocal Arranger

Bob Dickinson

Self - Lighting Engineer

Dionne Warwick

Self

Sheila E.

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Ken Woo

Self - Cameraman

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