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- 2012
- Not Rated
- International Film Circuit
- 1 h 29 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- International Film Circuit
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Filmed with uncommon access, How to Grow a Band explores the birth and evolution of the Punch Brothers: the tensions between individual talents and group identity, between art and commerce, and between innocence and wisdom. (Shaftway Productions)
- 2012
- Not Rated
- International Film Circuit
- 1 h 29 m
- 2012
- Not Rated
- International Film Circuit
- 1 h 29 m
How to Grow a Band
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Summary Filmed with uncommon access, How to Grow a Band explores the birth and evolution of the Punch Brothers: the tensions between individual talents and group identity, between art and commerce, and between innocence and wisdom. (Shaftway Productions)
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Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
57
20% Positive
1 Review
1 Review
80% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
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How to Grow a Band might be a bit too low-key for the non-fan, but that's not to say the tour doc lacks substance: It doubles nicely as a fly-on-the-wall case study in the demands of making music for a living.
Ego struggles and innovator's laments (nobody gets us!) are a refrain in many band documentaries. How to Grow a Band adds a modest but effective entry to the genre's back catalog.
Devotees of folk and bluegrass -- and, of course, diehard Nickel Creek fans -- are the natural audience for this leisurely paced documentary.
Thile has the charisma, presence, and emotional transparency of a great documentary subject, but How To Grow A Band maintains a respectable distance from its subject that ultimately doesn't work in its favor.
The movie is unsurprisingly devoted to peddling up-and-comer Chris Thiele as something daring, something new.
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Production Company
Shaftway Productions
Release Date Apr 13, 2012
Duration 1 h 29 m
Rating Not Rated
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