Bittersweet Motel

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

It's like Woodstock without the mud, and it leaves you feeling clean.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A crafty, sometimes craven, but hardly worshipful snapshot of an unlikely candidate for biggest rock act on earth.

Portland Oregonian Michael Evans

Makes a fine primer on one of today's most intriguingly creative and surreptitiously popular acts.

Austin Chronicle Marc Savlov

Manages to capture the essence of one of the world's most surprising success stories.

New York Post Dan Aquilante

Fans will love this quick flick by director Todd Phillips, but it better serves as an introduction for the uninitiated.

Washington Post Richard Harrington

You don't have to be a Phishead to enjoy Bittersweet Motel.

Chicago Tribune Greg Kot

A documentary that will likely leave Phish diehards hankering for more, and everybody else still wondering what all the fuss is about.

Village Voice Michael Atkinson

As homey as old sweats.

Variety Dennis Harvey

Well-made if not particularly insightful docu should be catnip to Phishheads, while the previously unconverted are likely to stay that way.

San Francisco Chronicle James Sullivan

There are just enough revelatory moments to recommend the movie.

Philadelphia Inquirer Dan DeLuca

It falls short of its tie-dye target.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Clearly Phish's appeal is fundamentally experiential, and the experience doesn't lend itself to being captured on film.

Los Angeles Times Steve Hochman

A film without a framework, without a skeleton--a Phish philet, if you will.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

None of these guys has much interesting to say.

LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert

Never really gets across the essence of who the band members are and why they inspire such fidelity.

Baltimore Sun Ann Hornaday

Little more than an electronic press kit for the band, produced for the benefit of its fans.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Bland, unrevealing.