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  • 2014
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Though culminating with the farewell concert the band played to thousands of adoring fans in their hometown of Sheffield, England, Pulp is by no means a traditional concert film or rock doc. As much a testament to the band as it is to the city and inhabitants of Sheffield, the film weaves exclusive concert footage with man-on-the-street ...

Directed By: Florian Habicht

Written By: Jarvis Cocker, Peter O'Donoghue, Florian Habicht

  • 2014
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2014
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 30 m

Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
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Summary Though culminating with the farewell concert the band played to thousands of adoring fans in their hometown of Sheffield, England, Pulp is by no means a traditional concert film or rock doc. As much a testament to the band as it is to the city and inhabitants of Sheffield, the film weaves exclusive concert footage with man-on-the-street ...

Directed By: Florian Habicht

Written By: Jarvis Cocker, Peter O'Donoghue, Florian Habicht

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
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Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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80
Dec 10, 2018
The live performances are electrifying, all jagged elbows and brilliant pop tunes, with the band suitably assisted not by drugs and booze, but by a neatly organised display of treatments for colds, incontinence and light grazes. On the subject of fame, Cocker asserts boldly that "it didn't agree with me – like a nut allergy". Hardcore indeed.
By Mark Kermode FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 17, 2014
An earthy, affecting and droll celebration of the unique alignment of influences that forged a great band – and the thrusting live footage rams Pulp’s greatness home.
By Kevin Harley FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 19, 2014
There’s a sense that the band has left its mark on Sheffield as surely as the city left its mark on the band. This concert might be Pulp’s last hometown appearance, but it hardly seems like goodbye.
By Keith Phipps FULL REVIEW
70
Nov 17, 2014
As celebrated in Habicht’s warmly human documentary, Pulp has always been defiantly different.
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67
Nov 18, 2014
As a filmic love letter to Sheffield, the resulting doc is full of small delights for serious Pulp fans.
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50
Nov 20, 2014
Cocker's magnetic persona is a huge part of Pulp's identity, but it's not the band's greatest legacy. So don't be surprised when Cocker's gas-leak hiss of a voice is drowned out by smoke machine cannons, and fails to swell until it bursts at the end of "Common People."
By Simon Abrams FULL REVIEW
40
Nov 17, 2014
You can't help thinking he's missed the point of Pulp. Their music denigrated the people as much as it celebrated them. Habicht leaves the city in love with a surface-level reading of Cocker's take on it.
By Henry Barnes FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Pistachio Pictures, British Film Company
Release Date Nov 19, 2014
Duration 1 h 30 m
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Tagline A film about Life, Death & Supermarkets.
Website http://www.altitudefilment.com/film/sales/18
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Awards

Athens International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
SXSW Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland
• 1 Nomination

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