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2018
TV-MA
Netflix
2 h 4 m

2018
TV-MA
Netflix
2 h 4 m

Summary Quincy is an intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. The film seamlessly threads personal vérité moments with private archival footage to reveal a legendary life like no other. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into t...

Directed By: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones

Written By: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones

2018
TV-MA
Netflix
2 h 4 m

2018
TV-MA
Netflix
2 h 4 m

Quincy

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

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User Score Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings

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Summary Quincy is an intimate look into the life of icon Quincy Jones. The film seamlessly threads personal vérité moments with private archival footage to reveal a legendary life like no other. A unique force in music and popular culture for 70 years, Jones has transcended racial and cultural boundaries; his story is inextricably woven into t...

Directed By: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones

Written By: Alan Hicks, Rashida Jones

Where to Watch

Critic Reviews

Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

64% Positive
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36% Mixed
4 Reviews

0% Negative
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Metascore

Mixed or Average Based on 11 Critic Reviews

64% Positive
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36% Mixed
4 Reviews

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Sep 12, 2018

Quincy is refreshingly devoid of talking-head interviews, relying instead on the measured ruminations of the man himself and the extensive archives Jones and Hicks had the difficult job of paring down. The result is a jaunty stroll through the last half-century of music history, and a fitting tribute to a living legend.

By Jude Dry FULL REVIEW

Sep 19, 2018

There’s no sense being modest at this phase in his Oscar-winning/Oscar producing career, but even as he’s feted, from Montreux to Stockholm, New York to Washington, there’s a refreshing lack of pretense to the sharp-dressed octogenarian at the center of all this fuss.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Sep 20, 2018

Even when it’s considering a great man’s flaws, it does so with understanding, taking its cues from Q’s own philosophy: “You only live 26,000 days. I’m going to wear them all out.”

By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

Sep 12, 2018

The documentary connects his present day work ethic to his past, and contrasts yesteryear’s heartbreaks to the large, family-filled parties he still enjoys. Jones did so much more than just unleash some of pop’s most successful records of all time.

By Monica Castillo FULL REVIEW

Sep 12, 2018

Stretching to more than two hours, Quincy stumbles into some pacing problems as it goes, and considering the sheer number of turns the man’s life took, one wonders if a miniseries might have served him better.

By Andrew Barker FULL REVIEW

Wall Street Journal

Sep 20, 2018

A two-hour documentary that feels like three, it certainly has a worthy subject, and a charismatic one; it commits a trove of valuable cultural lore to posterity. But it also commits a sin in never finding its rhythm, or a through-line on which to hang one of the great stories of American popular music.

By John Anderson FULL REVIEW

Sep 12, 2018

It’s a victory lap, which will probably be enough for fans content to share Q’s presence and nothing more. But this movie isa cataloguing of a man who lives in three dimensions. In sticking to recitation of well-known historical fact and flattery it has taken the easy way out.

By Charles Bramesco FULL REVIEW

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User Score

Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings

58% Positive
7 Ratings

8% Mixed
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33% Negative
4 Ratings

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Mixed or Average Based on 12 User Ratings

58% Positive
7 Ratings

8% Mixed
1 Rating

33% Negative
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Details

Production Company Le Train Train, Tribeca Productions

Release Date Sep 21, 2018

Duration 2 h 4 m

Rating TV-MA

Genres

Tagline A Life Beyond Measure

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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA)

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

African-American Film Critics Association (AAFCA)

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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