Rotten
Crowe has assembled some top-drawer ephemera -- old show posters, home movies, and candid backstage footage -- but he overestimates his audience's patience for present-day talking-head interviews.
Dana Stevens, Slate
Pearl Jam Twenty
2011 · 1h 59m · Not Rated
Documentary, Music
Directed by
Cameron Crowe
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Pearl Jam Twenty
Overview
Carved from over 1,200 hours of footage spanning the band’s career, Pearl Jam: Twenty is the definitive portrait of Pearl Jam. Part concert film, part intimate insider-hang, and part testimonial to the power of music.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
68%
Tomatometer
Fresh
With its intimacy and (this can't be emphasized enough) fantastic sound, Pearl Jam Twenty is like two hours spent rediscovering the band through excellent headphones.
Guy Dixon, Globe and Mail
Rotten
If only it was about something other than rockers almost irked they got famous.
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
Rotten
In a better film, Crowe would have played journalist instead of fan boy.
Kyle Smith, New York Post
Fresh
By the time "Pearl Jam Twenty" is over we can't help but be impressed by the kind of personal and professional integrity that has kept the band honest and allowed them to endure and prosper.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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