Metacritic reviews
Troubadours: Carole King/James Taylor & the Rise of the Singer-Songwriter
American Masters
58
Metascore
8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe enjoyable, lightweight Troubadours is a musical scrapbook that throws together a bit of this and a bit of that.
- 70Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFor with songs like "You Can Close Your Eyes," "You've Got a Friend" and numerous others on the soundtrack, this is finally a film hard not to enjoy.
- Director Morgan Neville does an adequate job in retracing the explosion of singer-songwriter talent out of West Hollywood's legendary Troubadour club, but makes a bad choice by starting now, not then.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe film is entertaining but hardly penetrating.
- 60New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanSo maybe this movie should serve as his introduction to a larger series, in which each artist gets the individual portrait Neville so clearly wants them all to have.
- 58Portland OregonianShawn LevyPortland OregonianShawn LevyIt's woeful as a documentary history -- a real missed opportunity.
- 40Time OutDavid FearTime OutDavid FearIt's such a haphazard, absent-minded history lesson that you'd think the filmmakers had ingested some of the era's pharmaceuticals before concocting this tribute.