An exceptional rockumentary which features riveting political debate and good tunes.
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07/18/08
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CSNY Déjà Vu (2008)
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Reviews Counted:39
Fresh:26
Rotten:13
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Half concert doc, half political exposition, CSNY: DeJa Vu straddles the old and new slant on politics in music with diligence and not a little self-promotion.
Theatrical Release:18-07-2008
Synopsis: If you grew up, as I did, with your dorm room full of albums by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young and antiwar activities as part of your daily agenda, you may approach the Freedom of Speech Tour with... [More]
Starring: David Crosby, Graham Nash, Stephen Stills, Stephen Colbert
Director: Bernard Shakey
Reviews for CSNY Déjà Vu
Top CriticThis is not a rock tour film for CSNY fans so much as a rambling, occasionally thought-provoking, sometimes moving enquiry into the question of whether the sixties protest music generation has lost its leverage over hearts and minds.
10/18/08
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10/18/08
The problem isn't what it's communicating. It's the awkward structure and tendency toward redundancy. The film's a hodgepodge of songs, old footage and stories of the Iraq War that just doesn't come together with any sense of narrative cohesiveness.
07/29/08
Many come to the shows unprepared for the heavy sermonizing. Others call for it. The documentary seems equally divisive.
07/25/08
Give Young credit for getting beyond the standard tour-bus and backstage environments, but the broad scope ultimately gives short shrift to both the veterans and the legendary discord among the bandmates.
07/23/08
One of the great strengths of CSNY is how skillfully it deflects criticism of 'four balding hippie millionaires' taking to the stage to criticize American politics; the film is peppered with excerpts from some of the tour's earliest and nastiest critics.
07/24/08
Rather than keeping the camera aimed at the stage, Young collaborates with television journalist Mile Cerre to fashion several 60 Minutes-styled episodes on things he wishes to either promote or expose.
07/24/08
Come to think of it, maybe the reason the movie spends so much time patting the band on the back is because it is obvious movie audiences aren't likely to.
07/25/08
Will send most viewers running, not to war protests, but to Woodstock '69 DVDs or rentals.
07/24/08
Young, who directed the movie, compares today's climate with the Vietnam era, and doesn't bother hiding his disappointment in the present.
07/25/08
Recent and archival interview, news, war and music footage, which often juxtapose the Vietnam and Iraq conflicts, round out this unflinching, well-constructed picture.
07/25/08
Top CriticThe film avoids discussing politics directly, and instead discusses the right to discuss politics.
07/25/08
Helmer Bernard Shakey -- a.k.a. Neil Young -- has constructed a chronicle of his old band's Freedom of Speech tour of summer '06 and come up with an aud-friendly, activist musical that seems sure to raise both political ire and major bucks.
01/28/08
Top CriticA melodious howl of protest against the Iraq War from one of rock's greatest bands.
01/28/08
Top CriticThe band's harmonies have crumbled and their new songs sound like paint being chipped off an aluminum shed with a garden rake. Their hits would sound better on the next eight-track you see at a yard sale.
07/25/08
...a mix of music and politics, outrage and respect, past and present that is both thoroughly entertaining and reflective.
07/25/08
CSNY Déjà Vu doesn’t break any new documentary ground, but it does exactly what it sets out to do: Preserve a live event and make it available to a broader audience.
07/25/08
The only surprising element is that anyone would be surprised when things get political at a CSNY concert.
07/24/08
Part tour documentary, part polemic for-and-by-the-people.
07/23/08
Latest News for CSNY Déjà Vu
September 29, 2008:
CSNY fires up this rousing rockumentary, the camera's rough cut tendencies not withstanding. In other words, call me stuff like geriatric and bloated - as malice-minded talking head reporters do - but whatever you do, don't diss my peace activism. 
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September 21, 2008:
NeilYoung.com: CSNY fires up this rousing rockumentary, the camera's rough cut tendencies aside. In other words, call me stuff like geriatric and bloated - as malice-minded talking head reporters do - but whatever you do, don't diss my peace activism.
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