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Can't Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police
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2012
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Based on the acclaimed memoir by renowned guitarist Andy Summers, Can’t Stand Losing You: Surviving The Police follows Summers’ journey from his early days in the psychedelic ‘60s music scene, when he played with The Animals, to chance encounters with drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Sting, which led to the formation of a new wave trio, The Police. The band’s phenomenal rise and its highly publicized dissolution at the height of their fame in the early ’80s captured by Summers’ camera. Utilizing rare archival footage, Summers’ photos, and insights from the guitarist’s side of the stage, Can’t Stand Losing You brings together past and present as the band members prepare to reunite for the first time in two decades later for a global reunion tour in 2007.
A movie singularly lacking in rock-doc unpredictability and verve.
– Jeannette Catsoulis,
New York Times,
20 Mar 2015
rotten:
Summers' big-screen take on those ongoing group tensions surrounding Sting's reluctance to be considered a career team player constantly strikes a by now all-too-familiar, predominantly sour, chord.
– Michael Rechtshaffen,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr 2015
rotten:
This is a needlessly dull movie that should have gone back to the drawing board.
– David Lewis,
San Francisco Chronicle,
9 Apr 2015
fresh:
A reminder of what this reluctant punk band that perfected a reggae-spiced pop-rock sound achieved, and the strength of the music they made.
– Linda Barnard,
Toronto Star,
30 Apr 2015
rotten:
The film is a drag - lightened up unintentionally by Summers's laughable prose.