Shut Up & Sing

2006

95 mins

Directed by Barbara Kopple, Cecilia Peck
89%
86%
Documentary
Music

Documentary follows texan band the Dixie Chicks, for three years after lead singer Natalie Maines says this at a 2003... More

Documentary follows texan band the Dixie Chicks, for three years after lead singer Natalie Maines says this at a 2003 London concert: "...and we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas". What follows is a massive backlash from their fans - country music folk, largely white American conservatives, who boycott their music and attack the musicians in the media.

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Shut Up & Sing | Ratings & Reviews

89_%126 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
86_%8,779 reviews
Audience score rating

"The movie's not quite the Bush bashfest its publicity might lead you to believe; it's closer to the Metallica doc "Some Kind of Monster" than to "Fahrenheit 9/11"..."

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Village Voice

"It's the rare thorough documentary on a musical act whose dilemmas are faced in the here and now, one that should win over fans of the Chicks on the fence and of music docus and perhaps create a little cultural stir as well..."

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Variety

"The movie offers a revealing case study of the relationship between politics, celebrity and the media in today’s polarized social climate..."

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The New York Times

"Documentary filmmakers pray for something to happen to their subjects when the cameras are rolling, and two-time Academy Award-winning documentarian Kopple struck gold when Maines told a crowd on the opening night of the band's first European tour that she was "ashamed" that President Bush was from Texas..."

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San Francisco Chronicle

"For three years, the camera focuses on the Chicks as wives, mothers, entertainers and political flash points. Their fight to stay uncompromised is inspiring..."

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Rolling Stone

"The movie is rich in interesting moments and the sisterly solidarity is touching, but it's insubstantial and incoherent. We emerge knowing that the Land of the Free doesn't much like dissent. But we already knew that..."

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