Critic Rating
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Directors
Joan Tosoni,
Martha Kehoe
Cast
Gordon Lightfoot,
Sylvia Tyson,
Ian Tyson,
Ronnie Hawkins,
Geddy Lee,
Sarah McLachlan
Genre
Documentary,
Music
At 80 years, Gordon Lightfoot continues to entertain and enlighten. Personal archive materials and studio sessions paint an intimate picture of an artist in his element, candidly revisiting his idealistic years up through stadium tours and the hedonistic '70s. With his instantly recognizable voice and masterful guitar playing, Gordon Lightfoot remains influential and timeless.
The Playlist by Christian Gallichio
While not a complete portrait of Lightfoot, “If You Could Read My Mind” provides enough key insight into the musician to entertain those who are already fans and convert the others who perhaps haven’t heard of him.
Film Threat
He’s not just one of Canada’s greatest songwriters, but one of the world’s. If You Could Read My Mind reminds us why.
Film Threat by Chuck Foster
He’s not just one of Canada’s greatest songwriters, but one of the world’s. If You Could Read My Mind reminds us why.
Variety by Owen Gleiberman
Highly entertaining documentary about the folk-pop troubadour of Canada.
The New York Times by Glenn Kenny
Lightfoot is frank about sizing up that work — the movie opens with him expressing disdain for the sexism of his early hit “For Lovin’ Me” — and he’s refreshingly up-to-date in his perspectives about today’s music.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Crust
Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind is a thoroughly engaging retrospective of a hard-working, hard-living performer who survived to tell the tale.
The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck
Although far from comprehensive, the entertaining cinematic biography should well please the singer's longtime fans, particularly those who have followed him through his career spanning six decades, and possibly make him some new ones.
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