Los Angeles Times
It’s a rousing and illuminating tribute to a brilliant musician who burned out quickly, but burned so brightly.
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Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan
Told with unseen archive footage and original animations, this feature celebrates lead singer and songwriter for The Pogues Shane MacGowan.
2020124 minsUK
DocumentaryMusic
Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan / Reviews
The Guardian
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.
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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.
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Slant Magazine
Affectingly poignant in its frequently uncomfortable presentation of Shane MacGowan's physical ruination.
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Time Out
Julien Temple makes a good case for MacGowan being one of the most interesting things to emerge from punk.
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