Variety
With highlights as good as The Who’s “Baba O’Riley” and the Boss’ “My City of Ruins,” resistance is ultimately futile.
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12-12-12
Concert and behind-the-scenes documentary of the benefit gig to raise relief funds for victims of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. The mega line-up includes Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys, Bruce Springsteen, The Rolling Stones, Eddie Vedder, The Who, Kanye West and the surviving members of Nirvana who perform with Paul McCartney.
The concert - MCed by an equally giddy array of stars including Chris Rock and Adam Sandler - took place on December 12, 2012 at Madison Square Garden in New York.
2013Rating: M105 minsUSA
DocumentaryMusicLive Performance
- Director:
- Amir Bar-Lev ('The Tillman Story', 'My Kid Could Paint That')
- Cast:
- Jon Bon JoviEric ClaptonAlicia KeysMichael DempseyDavid GrohlMick JaggerBilly JoelRoger DaltreyChris MartinPaul McCartneyKeith RichardsChris RockAdam SandlerBruce SpringsteenMichael StipeEddie VedderPete TownsendRoger WatersKanye WestBilly CrystalDave Grohl
12-12-12 / Reviews
Time Out
Though the doc plays sincerity by the book, shoehorning in a ton of Jersey Shore cleanup, you get a real feeling for the crazy quilt of tristate community, bonded by crisis and "Baba O'Riley."
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Sandler's uproarious off-color parody of Leonard Cohen's Hallelujah injects the film with an inspired note of raucous comedy that undercuts any pretensions to solemnity.
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The Dissolve
Never goes beyond the level of a really good bonus feature on a special-edition concert CD.
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Hollywood Reporter
Part concert film, part behind-the-scenes documentary and part a sobering account of the devastating effects on the tri-state area of Hurricane Sandy...
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