The film is about MacGowan, man and myth, and while his beautiful music appears throughout, it is very much about the shaping of his life and its playing out.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 3, 2022

(Temple) makes sure you see the faces of the crowds, belting out his songs with the passion of a national anthem, clutching banners and flags with tears in their eyes. Regardless of what his path may have done to him, it's hard not to admire that legacy

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 28, 2022

This cracked, craic-filled, crack-up of a documentary more than lives up to its cheeky subtitle of A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Jan 13, 2022

Ireland's self-destructive troubadour remembers what he can of his rock and roll life, while Johnny Depp and Bobby Gillespie fill in the rest.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 17, 2021

MacGowan will also be remembered for his oddly contagious laugh.

| Original Score: 4/5 | May 8, 2021

Julian Temple thoughtfully depicts [Shane MacGowan]... as the free, yet doomed artist. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 16, 2021

For us, this excursion to hell has been worth it (and there are the songs to prove it). But what about its protagonist? [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Apr 12, 2021

It is, to be certain, a melancholic portrait of a tortured artist whose best work was born out of his worst behaviours. And he knows it.

| Mar 10, 2021

Temple lets his audience see first-hand how a man with such a strong presence and infamous reputation is still a rolling, rambling bag of contradictions and complications.

| Mar 9, 2021

...makes for an engrossing deep dive into the man's work...

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 17, 2021

A portrait of a complicated artist whose best work stemmed from his worst behaviour.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 29, 2021

In Temple's hands it's more than a rock musical; it's a portrait of a flawed, confronting artist and ardent Irish patriot.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 30, 2020

Crock of Gold makes warm, enjoyable work of getting to know [MacGowan] a bit better.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Dec 28, 2020

He's reminiscent of Samuel Beckett's character, Molloy, who crawls along contentedly on his belly after losing the use of his legs.

| Dec 21, 2020

Temple works hard to make the film hang together, weaving his familiar magic using old audio interviews, animated segments and archive snippets.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 14, 2020

Visually striking and audibly arresting from its opening number until the curtain comes down, Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowan is an affectionate paean to its irascible, impudent frontman.

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

The film, directed by Julien Temple with fantastic animation by illustrator Ralph Steadman, delves into MacGowan's youth in an Irish village and the roots of his band's unique fusion of traditional Irish folk music and punk rock.

| Dec 12, 2020

He'd be insufferable in a less cheekily fond tribute-but Crock of Gold knows exactly how to appreciate him as an artist while arching an eye at the spectacle he's spent a lifetime making of himself.

| Dec 12, 2020

Julien Temple gave Shane MacGowan exactly the documentary he deserves - unruly and full of heart.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 12, 2020

MacGowan fans will relish the sheer exuberance of a film that barrels along with the same hectic passion as a vintage Pogues number.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 11, 2020