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Take Me to the River

Play trailer Poster for Take Me to the River PG,  2014,  1h 37m,  Documentary/ Music Play Trailer Watchlist
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73% Tomatometer 26 Reviews 60% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
Music legends from Stax Records and Memphis mentor and pass on their musical knowledge to contemporary artists.
Take Me to the River

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Critics Consensus

Scattered and uneven, Take Me to the River never adds up to much in terms of narrative documentary, but the music it honors is more than powerful enough to compensate.

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Noah Berlatsky The Atlantic Aug 28, 2019
The film's interest in contemporary performers doesn't rob it of a sense of history. Go to Full Review
Peter Keough Boston Globe Sep 25, 2014
Flawed as it is, "River" reminds us where all the great music came from. Go to Full Review
Tim Campbell Minneapolis Star Tribune Sep 25, 2014
2.5/4
Three of the guitar marvels shown here - Hubert Sumlin, Teenie Hodges and Skip Pitts - have died since filming. This is a marginal but worthwhile footnote to their legacy. Go to Full Review
Michael J. Casey Michael J. Cinema Nov 4, 2021
3/5
'Take Me to the River' has its detractions but not enough to derail the project. Go to Full Review
Chris McCoy Memphis Flyer Jan 8, 2020
It's fun to be a fly on the wall in these recording sessions held in historic spaces, and the camaraderie and respect between the players is evident. Go to Full Review
Jared Mobarak The Film Stage Feb 27, 2016
B-
While you may stick around for the stories, the film's true draw is the music. Go to Full Review
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George S Jan 8, 2017 This movie is about the sound that came out of Memphis from the twenties. Great music but the narrative was a bit too long.
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Martin Shore

Director

Terrence Howard

Narrator

Rick Clark

Writer

Jerry Harrison

Writer

Martin Shore

Writer

Zac Stanford

Writer

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Movie Info

Synopsis Music legends from Stax Records and Memphis mentor and pass on their musical knowledge to contemporary artists.
Director
Martin Shore
Producer
John Beug, Cody Dickinson, Jerry Harrison, Brett Leonard
Screenwriter
Rick Clark, Jerry Harrison, Martin Shore, Zac Stanford
Distributor
Abramorama
Production Co
Social Capital
Rating
PG (Language|Thematic Material|Smoking)
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Sep 12, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 5, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$27.3K
Runtime
1h 37m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
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