Fresh
The Doll in the title of the fine, touching documentary New York Doll is far from a supermodel.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Overview
A recovering alcoholic and recently converted Mormon, Arthur "Killer" Kane, of the rock band The New York Dolls, is given a chance at reuniting with his band after 30 years.
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New York Doll is still a revelation, and a fine companion piece to End of the Century, the edgier and uglier history of another post-Dolls band, The Ramones.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The late Johnny Thunders didn't write You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory until after the Dolls had broken up, but this lovely little heartbreaker of a movie takes the sentiment as its own.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Fresh
[A] respectful and subtle look at the difference faith can make in one's life.
Chris Vognar, Dallas Morning News
Fresh
Becomes a lovely portrait of a man coming back to himself, without forgetting what else he's become.
Tom Keogh, Seattle Times
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