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2019
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 23 m

2019
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 23 m

Summary Springsteen’s first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots. Touching on themes of love and loss, loneliness and family and the inexorable passage of time, the documentary film evokes the American West—both the mythic and the hardscrabble—weaving ar...

Directed By: Bruce Springsteen, Thom Zimny

2019
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 23 m

2019
PG
Warner Bros.
1 h 23 m

Western Stars

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

80

User Score Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

6.7

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Summary Springsteen’s first studio album in five years, Western Stars marks a departure for the legendary singer/songwriter while still drawing on his roots. Touching on themes of love and loss, loneliness and family and the inexorable passage of time, the documentary film evokes the American West—both the mythic and the hardscrabble—weaving ar...

Directed By: Bruce Springsteen, Thom Zimny

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Metascore

Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
14 Reviews

13% Mixed
2 Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 16 Critic Reviews

88% Positive
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13% Mixed
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Sep 24, 2019

What Western Stars best achieves, a universal notion that will hook fans and non-fans alike, is the shared sense of community displayed in the infectious love shown for playing vital and moving music.

By Jordan Ruimy FULL REVIEW

Sep 14, 2019

Don’t go into Western Stars expecting to see The Boss. That guy is on a break. What we get instead is Bruce Springsteen, a human being who seems a lot less sure of himself than The Boss ever did. Springsteen’s book gave us some details, but Western Stars looks straight into his soul.

By Mike Ryan FULL REVIEW

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Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

67% Positive
10 Ratings

20% Mixed
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13% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 15 User Ratings

67% Positive
10 Ratings

20% Mixed
3 Ratings

13% Negative
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The Hollywood Reporter

Sep 14, 2019

A gorgeous tone poem that both deepens and personalizes the audio recording, creating a satisfying emotional arc that isn’t as apparent in the collection of 13 fully-orchestrated country-tinged songs.

By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Oct 24, 2019

The energy here is controlled, the mood reflective. These character-driven songs are populated by the washed-up and the run-down — an aging actor, a hitchhiker — and the shared themes are remembrance and regret.

By Ken Jaworowski FULL REVIEW

Oct 23, 2019

The film, bathed in gorgeous shadow and light by cinematographer Joe DeSalvo, gets more personal as it moves along. You can feel the romantic ache when Bruce and the missus duet on “Stones.”

By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

Washington Post

Oct 21, 2019

Swaggers across the landscape like a cinematic epic, but it’s basically a concert flick, with some extras. And those extras are not the best things in it.

By Mark Jenkins FULL REVIEW

Oct 20, 2019

Western Stars isn’t misguided. It’s just dull and self-serious. But if you’re Bruce Springsteen, nobody around you’s going to point that out.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Details

Production Company M3 Music Mix Mobile, New Line Cinema, Warner Bros.

Release Date Oct 25, 2019

Duration 1 h 23 m

Rating PG

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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA

• 1 Nomination

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