Powerfully genuine, it is both a testament to the joy and strength of music, and how it empowers and dazzles different generations and people.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2024

It is an austere recording with an equally austere backdrop, but in which every note is pure and sung in a magical atmosphere that approaches ecstasy.

| Mar 25, 2024

​It took 47 years to reach theaters, but the documentary "Amazing Grace" is sheer musical bliss.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jun 14, 2022

Moments of familial intimacy that allow us to instantly forget that we're watching one of the greatest singers of all time...

| May 11, 2021

The ultimate tribute to the Queen of Soul.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 29, 2021

The making of the biggest selling gospel album ever, reconstructed into an 89-minute film many years later. A great listen, a fascinating watch, though not entirely successful.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 9, 2021

So, was it worth the wait? But of course, and then some.

| Oct 21, 2020

Elliott and Buchanan follow [Franklin's] lead instead, framing the footage with a deft, almost invisible hand to make for 87 minutes that are teeming with life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 27, 2020

With a beautiful resonance, Amazing Grace is a stunning tribute and celebration to the late singer.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 14, 2020

It's hard to see why this emotionally resonant movie ... was kept from the public for all these years.

| Jul 11, 2020

Aretha documentary has soaring music but no narration.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 28, 2020

People got up and danced in church. They could not help themselves. That's the power she has. In the movie, I think it was James Cleveland who said that Aretha can sing anything. There is no doubt about that.

| Original Score: B | Jan 17, 2020

The result is a rough gem that will send your soul soaring.

| Jan 17, 2020

Great musicians, a great performance, and that's all you really need.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Dec 27, 2019

The work as it stands now has considerable merit as a document recorded during a watershed period of the American civil rights movement. As a concert film, it's elevated by Franklin's powerhouse three-octave range and soulful phrasing.

| Dec 16, 2019

Amazing Grace is not a film you watch at home. You need to see this in a theater with commanding sound, a clear image on screen, and with an audience that isn't afraid to applaud and maybe shout out an "Amen" a time or twenty.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 16, 2019

The long-buried concert film is a tremendously powerful tribute to Aretha Franklin.

| Dec 16, 2019

This musical feast was filmed a very long time ago - but it feels like only yesterday.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2019

In Amazing Grace, Aretha Franklin transcends the blues by saying a little prayer - or singing one - for all of us.

| Dec 16, 2019

Here's a release that should prompt cries of "Hallelujah!"

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 16, 2019