Joe Strummer: The Future is Unwritten Critic Reviews

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The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites

The film is much more than a biography of the Clash’s guitarist and lead singer: It’s history, criticism, philosophy and politics, played fast and loud.Read the full review

Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites

The triumph of this fond, uncontainable documentary is that it lets you hear that voice again loud and clear.Read the full review

The Onion (A.V. Club) | Noel MurrayAdd Critic to Favorites

Temple introduces viewers to Strummer the punster, Strummer the womanizer, and Strummer the poseur, whom his mates could only really talk to when no one else was around.Read the full review

Entertainment Weekly | Owen GleibermanAdd Critic to Favorites

Captures the Joe Strummer who, in the late 1970s, just about firebombed the rock establishment with his fury.Read the full review

Los Angeles Times | Carina ChocanoAdd Critic to Favorites

The film is a rigorously thorough biography and an impassioned accolade. Temple spends as much time on Strummer's life before and after the Clash as he does charting the band's powerful musical and political influence.Read the full review

Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites

One artist's moving tribute to another.Read the full review

San Francisco Chronicle | Joel SelvinAdd Critic to Favorites

One of the most direct and personal music documentaries ever made.Read the full review

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