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- A24 Television
- 1 h 13 m
- A24 Television
- 1 h 13 m
Summary An electrifying glimpse into the complex life and thrilling, unparalleled performances of rock and roll's first and wildest practitioner: Jerry Lee Lewis.
Directed By: Ethan Coen
- A24 Television
- 1 h 13 m
- A24 Television
- 1 h 13 m
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind
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Summary An electrifying glimpse into the complex life and thrilling, unparalleled performances of rock and roll's first and wildest practitioner: Jerry Lee Lewis.
Directed By: Ethan Coen
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Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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40% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 Critic Reviews
62
60% Positive
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
40% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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This documentary does something very few films can: it makes you grin with pleasure.
A tidy 73-minute romp through Lewis’ career that manages to fit in about a dozen staggering performances of “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On” but still leaves you wishing there was room for a couple more.
Coen draws from existing interviews and performance footage to create a portrait that is far from definitive, and yet the film’s snapshot quality manages to amplify what is so mythic about the 86-year-old legend — and also what remains so vexing.
“Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind” is an amiable and easy watch that doesn’t explore too many of the singer’s more unseemly aspects and, by design, cannot.
If, though, you’re looking for a more probing look at the man behind the balls of fire, or a pan back to place him in a broader context, Coen’s rockumentary will fall just a little short of satisfying.
'Trouble in Mind' barely feels like a movie at all. ... Absent any contemporary reflections by either the subject or outside observers, we’re left with no real idea how anyone feels about Jerry Lee Lewis and his exploits on either side of the camera.
Thirty minutes in—with all interesting ledes sufficiently buried or ignored, the charm of his husky southern drawl faded—you realize you’ve been conned into letting Coen take you on a YouTube train of his favorite Lewis performances and interviews. If you like Lewis’s sound, that’s fun for a short while. Then you realize he’s just playing the same songs on repeat and it starts to get annoying, as getting cornered at a party usually does.
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Production Company
A24,
Inaudible Films,
Jagged Films,
Live Nation Productions,
Shangri-La Entertainment
Duration 1 h 13 m
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Awards
Cannes Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
