
A documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".... (Full plot summary below)
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A documentary about David Bowie's final two albums "The Next Day" (2013) and "Blackstar" (2016) and Broadway musical "Lazarus".
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| Lagniappe (Mobile, AL)Asia FreyThis lightweight documentary fails to engage meaningfully with such rich material, remaining instead a merely adequate overview of a singularly fascinating period in the life of this artist. |
| El Pais (Spain)Álvaro P. Ruiz de ElviraThe Last Five Years shows the most raw... character that Bowie has ever created: himself, without make-up, with illusions, without costumes, with new ideas, without fireworks, with passion. And always with audacity. [Full Review in Spanish] |
| Hammer to NailChristopher Llewellyn ReedIf you like David Bowie, you will like David Bowie: The Last Five Years. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA good one for either the Bowie die-hard or casual fan. |
| The RingerRob HarvillaEven if Last Five Years builds a conventional framework for a notoriously unconventional person, that dissonance is its own sort of tribute, and offers another lesson: He did all this stuff because he's the only person alive who could've thought of it. |
| NewsdayRafer GuzmanThe Last Five Years will be a must for even casual Bowie fans, who are most likely still reeling from their idol's absence. It captures the ever-changing artist in his most surprising incarnation yet: a mortal man. |
| DeciderBenjamin H. SmithBy the end you come away thinking that despite his much ballyhooed different personas, Bowie was in fact one of music's most transparent personalities, the different masks being just different facets of who he really was. |
| rogercatlin.comRoger CatlinIt's a thoughtful look back at a formidable artist. |
| TV Worth WatchingDavid Bianculli... for Bowie fans, undoubtedly it will be worth the wait. |
| RogerEbert.comScout TafoyaDespite testimony from many of his closest friends and collaborators, The Last Five Years doesn't so much draw a picture of David Bowie as trace his outline. |