A cynic might regard Herbie Hancock: Possibilities as a glorified 'making of' video, fleshed out with some archival footage and clips from recent concerts.
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05/01/06
Herbie Hancock: Possibilities (2006)
30 %
Reviews Counted: 10 Fresh: 3 Rotten:7 Average Rating: 4.5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 31 mins
Synopsis: This documentary gives insight into the working process of one of jazz's most innovative artists, as is traces the making of Herbie Hancock's 2005 record, POSSIBILITIES. On it, the keyboardist collaborates with such unlikely suspects as Christina Aguilera, Sting, Damien Rice, Brian Eno,... [More]
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Starring: Herbie Hancock, Christina Aguilera, John Mayer, Raul Midon, Trey Anastasio
Reviews
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[Possibilities] feels more like a behind-the-scenes CD promo than a fully realized film.
04/17/06
Top Critic
[The archival clips] are more interesting than the present-day material, which has the bland smoothness of a promotional press kit.
04/14/06
As directed by Doug Biro and Jon Fine, the film plays like one long commercial.
04/14/06
This documentary portrays the intense collaborative efforts that went into the recording of Herbie Hancocks latest album, Possibilities.
04/13/06
Top Critic
With elder-statesman words of wisdom from the man himself, Possibilities celebrates an impulse that’s too rare in modern music: the love behind the labor of creation.
04/13/06
What we have here is a solid documentary covering one of the icons of modern music.
04/12/06
Top Critic
Possibilities will likely draw in only the most hardcore of Hancock's fans.
04/11/06
Top Critic
With its straightforward track-by-track recording-session clips, it feels like something you'd find on the bonus disc of a deluxe package.
04/11/06
Hancock's political musings seem mostly out of place in a film that, in essence, is little more than a glorified EPK.
04/06/06
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