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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleLos Angeles TimesRobert AbeleWhat comes through are highs and valleys seen from the inside, a clarifying memoir from an unsentimental woman who endured being called every shaming name, with powerful grace notes of understanding from a son whose eyes betray a tough childhood.
- 80Time OutPhil de SemlyenTime OutPhil de SemlyenIf co-directors Svetlana Zill and Alexis Bloom paint a sometimes confronting picture of the price of ‘free love’, that never tarnishes their subject. You’re left with the sense that she was a butterfly neither the Stones nor any of the other men in her life could ever trap – a fitting epitaph to a mercurial life.
- 80The GuardianPeter BradshawThe GuardianPeter BradshawIn this film, nothing about mega-celebrity looks fun.
- 75Movie NationRoger MooreMovie NationRoger Moore“Catching Fire” makes an intriguing portrait because its first half establishes the Pallenberg in the public perception, and in her mind’s eye — a free spirit with a great eye for fashion.
- 70The Irish TimesTara BradyThe Irish TimesTara BradyHer words are clear, unsentimental and so evocative that you can almost smell the weed.
- 40The New York TimesBen KenigsbergThe New York TimesBen KenigsbergPallenberg is finally in focus. But the picture is tough to look at.
- 38RogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesRogerEbert.comMarya E. GatesDespite claiming otherwise in its marketing, this doc still wants to uphold her as the rock n’ roll goddess of the headlines rather than as a person on her own terms.