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Metascore
12 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100New Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyNew Times (L.A.)Robert WilonskyIt's the most uplifting movie of a numbing year -- a feel-good film full of songs about feeling god-awful.
- 90The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensIf you have any affection at all for traditional American music, the movie itself -- is pretty close to heaven.
- 90Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranLos Angeles TimesKenneth TuranFor fans of this kind of roots music, it was an event you would have given anything to attend. Down From the Mountain lets you do that and gives you terrific seats in the bargain.
- 90L.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertL.A. WeeklyHazel-Dawn DumpertThe music, it goes without saying, is great.
- 80TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsMusically it's often breathtaking.
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyIf the heart of the film is Hartford, who late in his struggle with cancer conveys the luminous colors of a man at his twilight, its soul is Welch.
- 75New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsGood music stands alone, and the documentary is jaunty fun.
- 75Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonA delightful concert documentary that proves once more what a neglected masterpiece the Coen Brothers gave us last year in their Depression chain-gang odyssey, "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
- 67Austin ChronicleMarrit IngmanAustin ChronicleMarrit IngmanBluegrass fans should have few complaints about this stellar concert film.
- 12New York PostNew York PostIf bluegrass were as static and dull as this concert film indicates, Nashville would have hustled all the hillbillies back to the Smokies long ago.