TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

You'll feel lucky for such a comprehensive introduction to Turkish music.

Premiere by Glenn Kenny

But after surveying pop and rock hybrids, Akin and Hacke go deeper. You will be very happy indeed to make the acquaintance of such Turkish music luminaries as Orhan Gencebay and Sezen Aksu, whose stories and personalities are as fascinating as their music.

Salon by Andrew O'Hehir

Whatever you think you know about Turkey, Crossing the Bridge will change your mind. With a dynamite album of music from the film in simultaneous release, I smell a "Buena Vista"-style crossover hit.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

This new film feels like something of a gift, as if the director had decided to burn some of his favorite songs for his newfound friends, the world-cinema audience.

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Crossing the Bridge does more than offer a wide variety of entertaining and intoxicating Turkish music. It also uses music to paint a portrait of a vibrant, cosmopolitan city and provide a window into a rich and varied national culture.

L.A. Weekly by Ella Taylor

This sensational documentary, which follows German avant-garde musician Alexander Hacke around the city with his mobile recording studio, crosses all kinds of bridges.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

More than just a musical primer. It's also a valentine to the city on the Bosporus, the strait that separates Istanbul's Asian and European sides.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

As filmmaking, the docu is only travel-diary so-so. But the chance to experience the machine-gun rhymes of ''the Turkish Eminem'' - a young man called Ceza - is priceless.

The A.V. Club by Noel Murray

Hacke is in almost every shot, taking in the performances and sometimes singing and dancing along, inviting the audience to share in the joy of discovery.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

It's hard to imagine what Akin left unexplored - but here's hoping he'll share his discoveries if he ever returns.

Village Voice

In briskly edited sequences peppered with fascinating found footage, each genre is tightly linked to a neighborhood.

Variety by Derek Elley

One of the world's great cities comes vibrantly alive through its music and musical denizens in Crossing the Bridge: The Sound of Istanbul.

The Hollywood Reporter

This musical documentary likely will find its major audience in Germany, where the immigrant-minority Turk citizenry will take to its array of sounds, smears and social commentary as cultural nourishment.