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  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Focus World
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Focus World
  • 1 h 39 m

Summary In 1991, a young musician named Jeff Buckley rehearses for his public singing debut at a Brooklyn tribute show for his father, the late folk singer Tim Buckley. Struggling with the legacy of a man he barely knew, Jeff finds solace in a relationship with an enigmatic young woman working at the show. As they explore New York City, their ad...

Directed By: Daniel Algrant

Written By: David Brendel, Emma Sheanshang, Daniel Algrant

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Focus World
  • 1 h 39 m
  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • Focus World
  • 1 h 39 m

Greetings from Tim Buckley

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1991, a young musician named Jeff Buckley rehearses for his public singing debut at a Brooklyn tribute show for his father, the late folk singer Tim Buckley. Struggling with the legacy of a man he barely knew, Jeff finds solace in a relationship with an enigmatic young woman working at the show. As they explore New York City, their ad...

Directed By: Daniel Algrant

Written By: David Brendel, Emma Sheanshang, Daniel Algrant

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
57
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47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
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47% Positive
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47% Mixed
7 Reviews
7% Negative
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91
May 1, 2013
Penn Badgley saunters around with an air of spooky self-possession, and he does a dead-on impersonation of Buckley's high-vibrato wail.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
75
May 1, 2013
Algrant’s film — which he co-wrote with Emma Sheanshang and David Brendel — is really about Tim Buckley’s son, Jeff, an equally adventurous rocker whose fame ultimately eclipsed his father’s, though he too died young.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
63
May 17, 2013
Director Dan Algrant’s conceit here is to take an actual event – a tribute concert for Tim held at a Brooklyn church in 1991, the concert that sparked Jeff’s own career – and wrap a fictionalized drama around it.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
60
Apr 30, 2013
The film articulates this dimension of the story, regrettably, in little more than biopic platitudes and daddy-issue clichés...But it's not all bad. Badgley delivers a nuanced performance of such ferocity he almost singlehandedly makes a conventional film seem loose and improvisatory.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW
50
May 2, 2013
It’s sweet, sentimental, almost inevitably touching if not especially persuasive, brushing against the thorns in each man’s life without drawing blood.
By Manohla Dargis FULL REVIEW
40
May 2, 2013
With many languid scenes and little narrative momentum, Algrant may have been aiming for a more ethereal father-son heartbreaker. But all that comes across is twee hipster romanticism.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
20
May 2, 2013
For all the star’s efforts, the movie itself ends up little more than an exploitation item, a sad place-holder until the real thing comes along.
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Production Company Archer Gray, From A to Z Productions, SMUGGLER
Release Date May 3, 2013
Duration 1 h 39 m
Rating Not Rated
Genres
Tagline The true story of the rise of Jeff Buckley.
Website http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greetings-From-Tim-Buckley/477879295593691
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