Drawn from an archive of 16mm film, Tom Petty works on his 1994 album Wildflowers.... (Full plot summary below)
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Drawn from an archive of 16mm film, Tom Petty works on his 1994 album Wildflowers.
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| Film ThreatHunter LanierInstead of stitching together interviews and footage into a chronological plot, Wharton goes with the proverbial flow. |
| TheWrapSteve PondThe old footage puts us in the studio in 1994, the new moments supply some valuable context and the ragged nature of the film eventually begins to feel of a piece with the ragged nature of the album. |
| The Hollywood ReporterSheri LindenSomewhere You Feel Free is a love letter to Petty, but also to that most mysterious of alchemies, the chemistry of a rock 'n' roll band. |
| ConsequenceClint WorthingtonSomewhere You Feel Free is a beautiful musical tribute to one of rock’s greatest figures, gone all too soon. Just don’t expect to learn too many deep dark secrets about the man in the process. |
| Little White LiesGreg WetherallIt’s a film that simply enhances the feeling that America has been prematurely deprived of one of its finest musical ambassadors. Irrespective of location, however, we’re all poorer without him. |
| The PlaylistRodrigo PerezSomewhere You Feel Free certainly captures the spirit of the time, the sadness, the warm-heartedness, and the creative openness, but one could easily argue it doesn’t really add that much substantive value, beyond some of the making-of stories and what’s already there in the poignant grooves of the music. |
| VarietyOwen GleibermanIt’s so removed from having a dark side that you know you’re getting the feel-good version of a Tom Petty portrait. |
| IndieWireDavid Ehrlich"Somewhere You Feel Free” doesn’t develop into a snapshot so much as a loving impression of a legend gone too soon. But the beautiful 16mm footage (with the new interviews shot to match) will trigger warm memories from Petty’s truest fans, and Wharton interprets the music in a way that should allow this film to serve as an irresistible entry point for neophytes who don’t realize how many Petty songs they already know by heart. |
