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(8 reviews) 8
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8 out of 8(100%)reviewers recommend this movie.
Customer reviews for (Unknown)
Review 1 for (Unknown)
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Amazing, uplifting story!
PostedNovember 11, 2012
Dialogue
4
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
2
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5
The most surprising thing about this documentary is that the story remained untold for so long. It's a natural. The film-making part is challenging, trying to recreate a forty-year period on two continents on a limited budget and within ethical restrictions on what constitutes "documentary" images. Nonetheless, the story itself and the characters portrayed, especially Rodriguez, carry the film from beginning to end. It's a remarkable piece of work and an uplifting tale that leaves the audience bubbling with superlatives on the way to the exits. The producers clearly dropped some potentially hot potatoes, such as where the money went and who the daughters' mother or mothers were, but the essential story holds up throughout.
Pros great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 2 for (Unknown)
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Feel-good movie of the year
PostedOctober 20, 2012
crayton
from Winston-Salem, NC, USA
Age:65 or over
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5
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5
Special Effects
4
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
4
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5
The wonderful story of musician Rodriguez being "reborn" after being totally ignored in America for many years while, unknown to him, being an icon in South Africa
Pros great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 3 for (Unknown)
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Feel good movie of the year
PostedSeptember 24, 2012
hooper123
from Philadelphia, PA, USA
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:once every few months
Dialogue
4
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5
Special Effects
4
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
This is the feel good movie of the year. I can't imagine this happening in the 21st century with the advent of the internet but you never know. The power of music is strong and alive.
Pros great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 4 for (Unknown)
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A remarkable story
PostedSeptember 23, 2012
Dialogue
5
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5
Special Effects
4
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Acting
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
This movie reaffirms that life is never what is expected .
Pros well paced, great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 5 for (Unknown)
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Interesting and Compelling True Story
PostedSeptember 17, 2012
Impressed
from Tempe, AZ
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5
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5
Special Effects
4
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5
Art Direction
3
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
4
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5
I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, I was not expecting to like it so much because it is a documentry. But the story of a dylanesque musician, unknown in circa 1970 America, but popular and revered in South Africa. The thing is, he is not aware of being popular anywhere or of any commercial success of his music. The movie tells the story in documentry format, the story keeps your interest and there is a surprise ending. The natural beauty of Cape Town is displayed from many angles and with interesting photographic effects in contrast to Sixto Rodriguez' home in a run down area of Detroit.
Pros great story, uplifting
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 6 for (Unknown)
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Searching for Sugar Man
PostedAugust 30, 2012
itsmeinaz
from Phoenix, AZ, USA
Age:55 to 64
Gender:Female
Goes to the movies:few times per year
Dialogue
5
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
4
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5
Acting
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
Amazing story!!! Kudos to Rodriguez for being such a talented, yet humble person.
Pros great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 7 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
Searching For Sugar Man
PostedAugust 26, 2012
Hamlox
from Los Angeles, CA, USA
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:monthly
Dialogue
5
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5
Art Direction
5
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
5
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5
Not just the best documentary this year, but the best film.
Pros well paced, great story
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Review 8 for (Unknown)
Overall rating
Outstanding!
PostedAugust 21, 2012
PedS
from Los Angeles, CA
Age:45 to 54
Gender:Male
Goes to the movies:weekly
Dialogue
5
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5
Special Effects
3
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5
Art Direction
3
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5
Acting
4
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5
Story
5
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5
Camerawork
4
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5
This movie is about a little-known Detroit-born folk musician from the late 60s and early 70s who became "bigger than Elvis or The Rolling Stones" in South Africa. Apparently, a copy of one of his earlier albums, which didn't sell at all in the states, sold 250,000+ copies in South Africa. He went on to inspire a generation of revolt against the South African Apartheid government was viewed as a hero of that country's revolution by its citizens. Meanwhile, this musician, known as Sixto Rodriguez in the USA, gave up on music as a profession and took to construction work and a very modest life in Detroit. It wasn't until the late 1990s that a South African investigative reporter began his exhaustive search for the life story of this musician, who was believed to be dead to the South African people. They actually believed he had committed suicide. Once the truth came out and the people of South Africa realized that he was alive, they brought him to their country and treated him like a Rock God! He went on to perform more than 30 sold-out concerts in that country and finally achieved the fame he always deserved. I say "deserved" because one of the most remarkable things about this film is his music. It has a Dylanesque quality to them that are nothing short of remarkable. It just goes to show you that true talent can be appreciated by some but not others. This guy was talented by any measure of the word and yet he was not appreciated in the USA, yet in South Africa he is a legend greater than Elvis or The Rolling Stones. Hard to believe, but this movie gives us the story in a beautifully inspired way. It caught my attention from beginning to end.
Pros well paced, great story, great actors, great documentary
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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