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

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

Temple has always used archive material playfully; here, it's particularly riotous, like a chaotic patchwork quilt tacked together by one of Shane's drunk aunties.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2020

"Crock of Gold" isn't intended as a lament for an artist derailed by his worst impulses, though. Instead, it's a celebration of what MacGowan accomplished at his peak, as well as an explanation of the experiences that informed his music.

| Dec 4, 2020

In the end, the film operates best as an act of ancestor-worship to an extraordinary musician whose best days - we are forced to sadly conclude - appear to be behind him.

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

A serious, nuanced film.

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

Temple has set out to burnish MacGowan's legend with this film, and he does. But for all the gory details on show, the man himself remains only partially revealed.

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

The director Julien Temple - who has excellent documentaries on the Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer and other galvanic musicians under his belt - is very good at this sort of thing.

| Dec 3, 2020

"Crock" is undoubtedly something of a crock itself, MacGowan burnishing his own legend while he still can. He remains a genius at it.

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

A freewheeling mess of a film, hard to pin down but full of ravaged beauty.

| Dec 1, 2020

Julien Temple makes a good case for MacGowan being one of the most interesting things to emerge from punk.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 1, 2020

Temple has accumulated enough filmmaking tricks to make a downer story feel like a head rush.

| Nov 30, 2020

The film is affectingly poignant in its frequently uncomfortable presentation of Shane MacGowan's physical ruination.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 24, 2020

A richly detailed portrait of a self-destructive talent.

| Nov 10, 2020