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The Go-Go's

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The Go-Go's become the first successful, all-girl band to write their own songs and play their own instruments while making it to No. 1 on the charts.

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Critics Consensus

Emulating the spirit of punk in form and function, The Go-Go's is a raucous celebration of the pioneering band and a stylistic knockout that will blow viewers' hair back.

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John Anderson Wall Street Journal Dec 30, 2020
As director Alison Ellwood shows in her briskly entertaining documentary -- The Go-Go's -- the band's members can explain away, with enormous charm, the naked ambition that made them the most successful "girl group" ever. Go to Full Review
David Fear Rolling Stone Dec 30, 2020
3.5/5
The doc's goal: Don't think of the Go-Go's as a bit of Reagan-era nostalgia, the musical equivalent of a Rubik's cube. Think of them as a first-tier, kick-ass rock group, period, full stop, the end. Mission accomplished. Go to Full Review
Kristen Lopez IndieWire Dec 3, 2020
B-
"The Go-Go's" is an entertaining and well-put together package on a musical group who should command the respect of their male peers. Go to Full Review
Greg Carlson Vague Visages Feb 7, 2024
The Go-Go’s boasts a treasure chest full of archival content in all shapes and sizes, and the imagery almost always complements the anecdotes told by the subjects with delightful detail. Go to Full Review
Bill Brioux Brioux.tv Oct 11, 2022
Intercut with archival footage from the punk days and those MTV videos, as well as concert footage, the approach adds to the drama. Go to Full Review
Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Mar 13, 2022
FIVE STARS
The Go-Go's are the most successful all-girl group of all time. See, and hear, how they did it. Go to Full Review
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Alison Ellwood

Director

Trevor Birney

Producer

Eimhear O'Neill

Producer

Corey Russell

Producer

David Blackman

Executive Producer

Wally Eltawashy

Executive Producer

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Synopsis The Go-Go's become the first successful, all-girl band to write their own songs and play their own instruments while making it to No. 1 on the charts.
Director
Alison Ellwood
Producer
Trevor Birney, Eimhear O'Neill, Corey Russell
Production Co
Polygram Entertainment
Genre
Documentary, Music
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Jul 31, 2020
Runtime
1h 38m
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