They do make a comeback of course – almost stronger than ever – in this, the best documentary of the year so far. Intelligent, honest, heartfelt and fascinating.
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Shut Up & Sing (2006)
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Reviews Counted: 114
Fresh: 103
Rotten:11
Average Rating: 7.6/10
Consensus: Though ostensibly an intimate look at the Dixie Chicks after their 2003 anti-Bush remark, the film achieves broader relevance by exploring how media, politics, and celebrities intertwine.
Theatrical Release: 29-06-2007
Synopsis: This documentary captures the female country-&-western group the Dixie Chicks in performance around the U.S. and London between the years 2003 and 2006. While performing in 2003, singer Natalie Maines ignited a maelstrom of... [More]
Starring: Natalie Maines, Emily Robison, Martie Maguire, Rick Rubin
Director: Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
Reviews for Shut Up & Sing
This a frank, and slightly scary film about one of America's most cherished democratic privileges - freedom of speech - and how you're more than welcome to it as long as you don't say anything controversial. Then you're off the air.
06/29/07
Top Critic A gold statue of the Dixie Chicks should be erected in Maines' hometown of Lubbock, Texas.
06/29/07
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It was a throwaway scrap of a comment tossed to an audience baying with appreciation.
06/29/07
Top Critic Succeeds as a summation of America's shaky grasp of freedom. And while the footage of the girls at work and play sometimes seems inconsequential, there are moments that are as unexpectedly pleasing as the band's soft country sounds.
06/29/07
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Top Critic Exposing almost as much small-mindedness as Borat did, this provides food for thought as well as some darned good ditties.
06/29/07
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Top Critic Shut Up and Sing tells the story of three young women whose belief in America is bred in the bone, and it shames their critics.
10/19/07
Top Critic Free speech and its ramifications are at the heart of "Shut Up & Sing," which recognizes that for the celebrity, engaging in a public exchange of ideas and opinions isn't always without its costs. The price can be dire.
09/14/07
The movie isn't quite the idolatrous you-go-girl portrait one might expect.
07/23/07
Shut up & Sings shows that it is all about freedom of speech and expression and how we had better not forget it. Freedom of speech, speaking out and having a voice. Yeah! On to the Grammies Dixie Chicks. You go girls!
07/22/07
It isn't a disciplined doco, and the fragmentation of the throughline makes for occasional sags in the film, but the filmmakers mean well.
07/20/07
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07/20/07
A fascinating and well-executed hybrid: combining musical biopic and political examination to produce something more memorable than either would be on its own.
03/01/07
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