
Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit.... (Full plot summary below)
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Drama and reality combine in a fictitious 24 hours in the life of musician and international cultural icon Nick Cave. With startlingly frank insights and an intimate portrayal of the artistic process, the film examines what makes us who we are, and celebrates the transformative power of the creative spirit.
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| Salon.comAndrew O'HehirFor the most part, 20,000 Days on Earth – the approximate amount of time Cave has been alive on this planet – is an imagistic and impressionistic work, a Nick Cave-esque tone poem driven by moments of visual and thematic juxtaposition you either have to reject or accept. |
| San Francisco ChronicleDavid LewisIt’s right up there with the best rock documentaries. That is, if you can call it a documentary. |
| Time OutDave CalhounThe film conceals as much as it reveals, and its beauty is that it pretends to do nothing else. It embraces a mystery and protects it, and it’s thrilling to behold. |
| Village VoiceStephanie Zacharek20,000 Days on Earth is meticulously crafted but nonetheless feels casual and heartfelt. It's revelatory, and wonderful, to watch Cave walking (or driving) around, being a real person — if the movie is somewhat staged, it's never stagey. |
| RogerEbert.comSimon AbramsCave's soulful performance, shot in real-time and in extreme close-up, is that much more impressive once you realize he's playing a song for Forsyth and Pollard before he's performed it in front of a live audience. |
| Portland OregonianJeff BakerTalented, prolific, familiar with film, etc. Cave is a natural to push documentaries in a new direction, and 20,000 Days on Earth does it. |
| At the Movies (Australia)Margaret PomeranzA grand tour of music, memory and transformation is contained in 20,000 Days on Earth. |
| Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranThis examination of the whys and wherefores of indie rock star Nick Cave is an unusual and nonformulaic cinematic enterprise and an adventurous film by any standard. |
| MLive.comJohn SerbaAvoids being an indulgent profile of a tortured artist, and Cave appears confident but egoless. |
| Flick FilosopherMaryAnn JohansonAn unclassifably weird hybrid of documentary, fiction, and stream-of-consciousness meditation on the creative life, according to Renaissance man Nick Cave. |