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.
Becomes a lovely portrait of a man coming back to himself, without forgetting what else he's become.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
18 Nov 2005
fresh:
[A] respectful and subtle look at the difference faith can make in one's life.
– Chris Vognar,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Nov 2005
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,
6 Jan 2006
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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,
6 Jan 2006
fresh:
The Doll in the title of the fine, touching documentary New York Doll is far from a supermodel.