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A vibrant musical film. One of the 10 best documentaries of the year."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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An inspiring film..."
- Chris Hewitt, St. Paul Pioneer Press
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An important figure, an important film."
- Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
"One of the best personal histories ever set to film..."
- Ted Fry, The Seattle Times
"An affectionate, detailed portrait"
- A.O. Scott, New York Times
"A Stirring Revelatory Film"
- David Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"The old-timey equivalent of Phil Spector's 'wall of sound'."
- Ben Ratliff, The New York Times
"For bluegrass fans, this is the holy grail!"
- Esquire
"Pop stars, headbangers and gangsta rappers would be hard-pressed to match the vitality and fleet-fingered virtuosity these bluegrass icons... nothing beats Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and Doc Watson."
- Dan Aquilante, The New York Post
"One achingly beautiful set of music. This is the sound of living history."
- Seth Mnookin, Newsweek
"Acoustic bliss... The playing is virtuosic and sublime..."
- Steve Morse, The Boston Globe
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One of the year's 10 best films"
- Roger Ebert, 'Sneak Previews,' PBS-TV and Chicago Sun Times
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Directed by Jim Brown this documentary has all the drama of a solid fiction film."
- Gene Siskel, The Chicago Tribune
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This is a grand film... In its way it is a masterpiece, a tribute to the American spirit."
- The San Francisco Examiner
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It's just a piece of humanity held up to light... Those Weavers, they had a time, and so did we all..."
- The Miami Herald
"...Jim Brown's joyous, heartfelt film about the Weavers is as honestly disarming as a movie can be."
- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"A joyous and moving documentary..."
- The Los Angeles Times
"Is honestly disarming as a movie can be."
- Janet Maslin, The New York Times
"One of the great examples of cultural diversity as social strength."
- The Los Angeles Times
"Brown deftly interweaves music, interviews and overview."
- The Washington Post
"Graceful storytelling rather than dry scholarship."
- USA TODAY
"Brisk, insightful, and legend-packed..."
- Boston Sunday Globe
"Stunning achievement."
- The Chicago Sun Times
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Electrified the Toronto Film Festival..."
- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times
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A wonderful follow-up to [Jim] Brown's classic 1982 concert documentary... Deeply moving, rousingly entertaining..."
- Michael Wilmington, The Chicago Tribune
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Isn't This a Time! lovingly encapsulates the music and the message, which is about neither giving up, nor shutting up."
- John Anderson, Newsday
"Genuinely touching..."
- Laura Kern, The New York Times
"Simply the best musical special in recent memory."
- Los Angeles Daily News
"The best music special of the year."
- TV Guide
"Remarkable, moving and beautiful television."
- The Boston Globe
"Superb entertainment."
- The Daily News
"It's one of those too good to be true specials."
- The San Francisco Tribune
"The hour show is the best music program on T.V. in years."
- The Fresno Bee
"I have never regretted the end of a film more. A fitting tribute to Guthrie, Lead Belly and the performers as well as Brown."
- The San Francisco Examiner
"You can't help being touched and inspired by We Shall Overcome."
- The New York Times
"This extraordinary song remains at the heart of an extraordinary movement and is treated here with the acclaim it deserves."
- The Washington Post
"Director Jim Brown has assembled some rare film footage and matched it seamlessly with recent interviews. This technique is particularly brilliant."
- The Weekly Guardian
"Musical Passage directed and photographed by Jim Brown is a feature length documentary that beautifully and without seeming effort, translates the filmmaker's admiration and affection for his subject into dramatic moving images."
- Vincent Canby, The New York Times
"A tender and glowing story of artists who survive to share their music, it - and they - are beautiful."
- TV Guide
"Musical Passage is an unaffected, unqualified delight!"
- The New York Times