Popular reviews

• 

  Review by Karst ★★★½

  got up at 7am and had a weird, random urge to start this on netflix. got like 5 minutes in and fell back asleep and then had a really weird dream where i hung out with sparks in the jungle and then i woke up at noon. felt obligated to finish the rest of this. it is hilarious how this could have been at Least an hour shorter

• 

  Review by Penny ★★★★ 10

  This movie gave me a crush on a 75-year-old man

• 

  Review by davidehrlich ★★★½ 2

  A straightforward but delightful and unusually spirited love letter to the least straightforward (but delightful and unusually spirited) art pop duo in the history of British-sounding American music, Edgar Wright’s “The Sparks Brothers” is a beat-for-beat celebration of the band’s deathless creative odyssey, an irresistible invitation to join their small but devoted cult of diehard fans, and a beautifully wrapped gift to anyone who’s ever had angst in their pants about Ron and Russell Mael before. But most of all, Wright’s documentary is a gift to the Sparks brothers themselves — something these baby boomers have wanted ever since they were film-obsessed little kids in Westside Los Angeles — and we get to see them open it right before our…

• 

  Review by Sean Fennessey ★★★½ 1

  Edgar Wright’s 135-minute ode to liking what you like, no matter what. Inspiring in its obstinacy, just like Sparks.

• 

  Review by KYK 14

  nearly 2.5 hours long and edgar wright refuses to leave his own talking head clip on the cutting room floor smh... especially when it's already littered with so many random ass interviews. on the bright side sparks are endlessly fascinating. absolute visionaries who deserve a more visionary director.

• 

  Review by JJ🃏 ★★★½ 1

  My favorite part about this is that Simon Pegg and Nick Frost did the voices for the John Lennon and Ringo Starr bit.

• 

  Review by Branson Reese 5

  Saw it (in theaters, they’re back baby!) with my friend Joe Rumrill and he had a really good joke about Henry Rollins showing up post credits like Sweetums at the end of the Muppet Movie going “wait, wait! You forgot to interview me! Really good joke!

  I don’t have a lot more to say about this other than I generally liked it and was pleasantly surprised by how charming and funny they are. You can sort of tell which Sparks albums Edgar Wright likes the most but that’s okay. I’m going to run into a similar problem when I make the Guided By Voices documentary.

• 

  Review by Tasha Robinson ★★★ 4

  I wish I could say I loved this doc as much as I normally love Edgar Wright films, let alone as much as Edgar Wright loves Sparks. This is clearly a work of passionate fandom and full commitment. But I honestly found it kind of dull — 135 minutes of famous people enthusing over how fantastic Sparks is, but without any of the insight I was hoping for into how they do what they do, or what they get out of it. The observations all felt pretty surface-level, and when the band members directly address questions, largely tongue-in-cheek and performative. Par for the course, sure, but I think this could have been 100 minutes long and I would have maintained a lot more enthusiasm for being told to be enthusiastic.

• 

  Review by ❄️ Cammmalot ❄️ ★★★★ 2

  ”They were the best British group to ever come out of America.”

  Never in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine that we would get an over 2 hour comprehensive documentary on the history of Sparks… and that would show in theaters…. and that it would be directed by fanboy Edgar Wright!!!

  But I guess when a group writes ’The Number One Song in Heaven’ these kind of miracles can happen.

  
  ”They would make really good muppets.”

  
  Cinematic Time Capsule – 2021 Ranked

  2021 U.S. Release Schedule

  Cinematic Trailer Count – 2021

• 

  Review by Vinny Simms ★★★½ 6

  Mike Myers: Canadian

• 

  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½

  Action! - A British Romp: Edgar's Wright To Snap

  In a surprising turn of events, this unusual pop opera by the name of Annette directed by the equally eccentric Leos Carox and featuring band music produced by the equally quirky musical duo Sparks topped my list of the best films of 2021.

  Having been curious about them ever since, I was thrilled to discover that the same year Edgar Wright debuted his documentary about them. A film that aimed to capture an artist collective with over 300 songs and nearly 30 studio albums. Wright rose to the task of showing how many other bands, artists, and even actors and screenwriters were impacted by the band while also giving viewers a…

• 

  Review by Matt Neglia ★★★★

  THE SPARKS BROTHERS sees Edgar Wright making his first documentary & it’s a cinematic experience that’s just as electrifying as any of his feature films. Black & white interviews, animation, endless concert & behind the scenes archival footage. This loving tribute to a rock band and their artistic integrity has it all.

  Sundance #39