Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan

"It’s a rousing and illuminating tribute to a brilliant musician who burned out quickly, but burned so brightly."

"The film operates best as an act of ancestor-worship to an extraordinary musician whose best days – we are forced to sadly conclude – appear to be behind him."

"The movie comes not to bury this legend but to praise him. Inhuman endurance or not, you worry it may end up having to do the former regardless."

"Julien Temple is very good at this sort of thing."

"Affectingly poignant in its frequently uncomfortable presentation of Shane MacGowan's physical ruination."

"A richly detailed portrait of a self-destructive talent."

"[Makes] a downer story feel like a head rush."

"Julien Temple makes a good case for MacGowan being one of the most interesting things to emerge from punk."