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  • 2023
  • Veeps
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2023
  • Veeps
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary In 1970, Blood, Sweat and Tears was one of the biggest bands in the world. They had exploded on the scene with both daring and promise, selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (beating out The Beatles' Abbey Road) and headlining the legendary Woodstock festival. In demand for concert and TV...

Directed By: John Scheinfeld

Written By: John Scheinfeld

  • 2023
  • Veeps
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2023
  • Veeps
  • 1 h 52 m

What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears?

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 6 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1970, Blood, Sweat and Tears was one of the biggest bands in the world. They had exploded on the scene with both daring and promise, selling millions of records, winning multiple Grammy Awards including Album of the Year (beating out The Beatles' Abbey Road) and headlining the legendary Woodstock festival. In demand for concert and TV...

Directed By: John Scheinfeld

Written By: John Scheinfeld

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80
Mar 21, 2023
More than it knows, this movie is an engaging, and sometimes enraging, exposé of chronic insularity.
By Anthony Lane FULL REVIEW
75
Mar 21, 2023
The film’s political focus seems a tad narrow, but the evidence that this tour — however it came to be — did them no favors and didn’t do Nixon any more service than his association with “Up With People” is convincing.
By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW
70
Mar 29, 2023
Searchingly directed by John Scheinfeld (“The U.S. vs. John Lennon”), What the Hell Happened to Blood, Sweat & Tears? is a tasty and urgent piece of rock history, but in a strange way the film never comes close to answering its own question.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 31, 2023
Scheinfeld (“The U.S. vs. John Lennon”) pieces together an evocative time capsule. Somewhat less convincing is the film’s implication that the contentious tour ultimately led to the group’s demise.
By Michael Rechtshaffen FULL REVIEW
58
Mar 28, 2023
Take away the delusions of grandeur, and the film is a perfectly acceptable – even enjoyable – tour vlog of a particularly interesting set of shows.
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40
Mar 23, 2023
The film frames them as having been somehow embroiled in a political situation, rather than actively, knowingly engaged in it — and its attempts to remain apolitical and focus on the music are as naïve as the band’s.
By Calum Marsh FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Anarchy Post, Jesse James Films, Roush Media
Release Date Mar 24, 2023
Duration 1 h 52 m
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Website http://www.bloodsweatandtearsdoc.com/
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Awards

Critics' Choice Documentary Awards
• 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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