
Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from the legendary residence, the Chelsea Hotel, in the heart of New York. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians and mavericks, it has recently been claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company that shows blatant disregard for its formidable history.... (Full plot summary below)
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Chelsea on the Rocks celebrates the personalities and artistic voices that have emerged from the legendary residence, the Chelsea Hotel, in the heart of New York. Once considered an untouchable, impenetrable tower for writers, artists, musicians and mavericks, it has recently been claimed as a boutique hotel venture for a management company that shows blatant disregard for its formidable history.
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| AV ClubSam AdamsThe movie’s most enjoyable moments are the brief instances when Ferrara himself intrudes on the scene. |
| New York TimesStephen HoldenAn enraptured fantasia of high times at the hotel, the film is so intoxicated with the Chelsea’s bohemian mystique it virtually consumes itself. |
| Reeling ReviewsLaura Clifford...Ferrara has left a testament to a beloved place whose spirit has been corrupted by commerce. |
| Boston PhoenixBetsy ShermanA visually poetic, if erratically edited, portrait illustrating how "the energy of this hotel is bigger than the people in it." |
| San Francisco ChronicleWalter V. AddiegoThis is Ferrara's first documentary since 1977, and it has the crackbrained air of menace and the ferocious humor that mark his fictional works. |
| New York PostLou LumenickRambles a bit, but it's a real slice of New York history. |
| Time OutKeith UhlichFerrara’s unconventional methods only manage to serve Chelsea on the Rocks, his loving portrait of Manhattan’s boho landmark, the Chelsea Hotel. |
| Village VoiceNick PinkertonChelsea rambles--and in a way that makes you want to move down the bar. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Barsantioften inscrutable but still fresh and surprising |
| Film ThreatNick AntoscaA warm and curiously engaging film despite many flaws and the sloppiness of its construction. |