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Neil Young: Heart of Gold Review

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5.0

Dave White Profile

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  • 5.0
    85

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    Universal acclaim
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  • 100

    out of 100

    USA Today Claudia Puig

    The mesmerizing, heart-tugging concert film Heart of Gold confirms Neil Young's stature as a national treasure.

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  • 100

    out of 100

    Variety Robert Koehler

    The concert film has never looked or sounded classier than Jonathan Demme's superbly crafted Neil Young: Heart of Gold.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The New York Times Manohla Dargis

    At one point, during one of his occasional verbal rambles, he (Young) says half-jokingly, half-defensively that he's got some love songs left in him. This film, which is at once a valentine from one artist to another and a valentine from a musician to his audience, is surely proof that he does.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    This smart, aesthetically understated concert film from Jonathan Demme will transport Young's legions of baby boomer fans back to the future, as 1969 re-invents itself in 2005 for Young.

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  • 83

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    Young, wizened yet valiant, his voice still braying at the moon, delivers these songs of aging and loss as if caught in a beautiful dream of what lies waiting for him on the other side.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan

    It's the record of a life, a musical and spiritual autobiography, and as directed by Jonathan Demme it taps into the kind of unashamed, unsentimental emotion that's become increasingly rare in films of any kind.

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  • 90

    out of 100

    Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

    In one sense, Neil Young: Heart of Gold is just a simple concert film -- no cutaways during the music for interviews, no cameras swooping and soaring on giant booms. But simplicity in this case also means no barrier between us and the people on stage, as they sing some of the most soul-stirring pop songs I've seen performed in a very long time.

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