Janis: Little Girl Blue's reviews
Media reviews
Entertainment Weekly
The portrait that emerges is one of a brash, talented girl who grew up an outcast in her small Texas town.
Vulture
The unexpected element is a series of letters (some never before heard) Joplin wrote to her family back home in Port Arthur, Texas, read by Chan Marshall (a.k.a. Cat Power) in a voice that captures the cadences of Joplin?s speech without being an imitation. The letters are heartbreaking in their own way.
The Washington Post
Although Joplin's brief life was eventful, its contradictions would stymie a tidy biopic.
New York Post
The movie doesn't rise above its music-doc formula of photo, clip, talking head. But for fans -like me- it's a heartfelt, engrossing tribute.
The Hollywood Reporter
Doesn't reinvent the rockumentary wheel but tells the legendary singer's story with vitality and heart.
Variety
Berg's film is no stylistic innovator itself, but it's the satisfying feature-length overview that Joplin's brief, fiercely brilliant career has long merited.
Los Angeles Times
From this pastiche Joplin emerges as we've never seen her before, articulate, ambitious, torn between her wild self and her desperate need for stability.
Cinemanía
A documentary film that prefers intimacy to punch line.
Empire
Although packed with compelling archive footage, this never quite gets into Joplin's head, heart or soul.
ABC
A step-by-step review of the myth, with objectivity, with many voices and witness to the rise and subsequent fall.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote