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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleFollows the country pop singer on what has to be one of the most amazing farewell concert tours in music history.
- 90Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlValedictory and elegiac, Keach's film captures a performer who only truly seems to inhabit himself during the performances.
- 88Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperGlen Campbell: I’ll Be Me is a poignant, stark, lovely and sometimes devastating film — a tribute to one of the great crossover stars of his time, and an unblinking look at how Alzheimer’s relentlessly chips away at one’s memories and thought process, brick by brick. It is worthy of an Academy Award nomination.
- 80VarietyAlissa SimonVarietyAlissa SimonGlen Campbell … I’ll Be Me blends intimate and unflinching medical details, poignant performance footage and a survey of its subject’s place in musical history through well-chosen archival footage and interviews with other iconic performers.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckServes to not only put a very human face on this horrific condition but also as a triumphant valedictory of Campbell's poignant farewell tour.
- 80The New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe New York TimesNeil GenzlingerThe film is a rare combination of instructive and poignant.
- 80Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzArizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzA heartfelt, moving and bracingly honest document of a famous man as he fades away.
- 75McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreMcClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger Moore“Cheerful” and “triumphant” aren’t words that come to mind when you think of Alzheimer’s, the debilitating illness that destroys memory, mind and body. But darned if country star Glen Campbell doesn’t manage that in Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me.
- 75St. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsSt. Louis Post-DispatchJoe WilliamsMost biographical docs contain a montage of old footage, but this one is especially haunting. As Campbell watches home movies, he has to ask Kim to identify the people on screen, including his ex-wives, his children and his younger self.
- 63Washington PostAnn HornadayWashington PostAnn HornadayI’ll Be Me is an elevating experience, inviting the audience to bear witness to Campbell’s courage, humor and spiritual strength. His story may make for a tough movie, but it’s an important and triumphant one, as well.