Variety
Berg’s film is no stylistic innovator itself, but it’s the satisfying feature-length overview that Joplin’s brief, fiercely brilliant career has long merited.
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Janis: Little Girl Blue
- Director:
- Amy Berg ('West of Memphis')
- Cast:
- Janis JoplinCat PowerDick CavettClive DavisMelissa EtheridgeJuliette LewisPinkD.A. Pennebaker
Janis: Little Girl Blue | Reviews
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Total Film
A recipe for triumph then tragedy, here given its punchy and desperately poignant due.
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Time Out
Amy Berg’s deeply sympathetic documentary on Janis Joplin gets so much right, it feels like a major act of cultural excavation.
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Hollywood Reporter
While there are numerous dynamite performance clips, Berg's film is generally more revealing on a personal level than as an appreciation of her music.
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Empire Magazine
Although packed with compelling archive footage, this never quite gets into Joplin's head, heart or soul.
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Janis: Little Girl Blue is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and DocPlay and Apple TV and TVNZ+ and Beamafilm.