Shannon does a great turn as the archetypal failed hippy idealist... and while the rest of the cast are sterling rather than shining, the script and David Caffrey's tyro direction are tight enough to pull the whole vehicle along.

| Jan 9, 2018

Don't let Knoxville's Jackass pedigree put you off - he can be subtle as well as gross.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 13, 2008

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 1, 2006

there are worse ways to pay respect to music legends

| Original Score: 5/10 | Feb 9, 2006

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 6, 2005

a sad joke without a solid punchline

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Nov 17, 2004

What I responded to most about Grand Theft Parsons is that it tells the story without excess sentimentality...a funny, engaging movie that's worth seeking out.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 26, 2004

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 19, 2004

Inspired by a true story, pic travels down familiar genre highways, but quirky humor and an apt soundtrack make for a pleasant enough journey.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2004

What could have served as a colorful episode in a more expansive film about the famed singer has instead become the premise of a mildly entertaining but overextended road movie that doesn't succeed on either dramatic or comedic terms.

Full Review | Jun 29, 2004

Grand Theft Parsons showcases some of Parsons's songs, but ... in the end it is a tribute to a man who stayed true to his word.

| Jun 25, 2004

The Phil-Larry dynamic makes up most of the movie and the strain of turning an anecdote into an demi-epic can be felt throughout the movie.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 19, 2004

A dramatically inert buddy-road picture that's too shapeless to ever click.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 18, 2004

Gram Parsons' last rites were among the most extraordinary in rock history. Too bad this retelling of the singer's final adventure is so tame.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 18, 2004

It's an aggravating film that seems content to skim the surface before folding up its tent after a scant 88 minutes.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 18, 2004

A ho-hum, meandering road movie, albeit with an extremely cool soundtrack.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Jun 18, 2004

Parsons' memory deserves a better movie than this.

| Original Score: C- | Jun 18, 2004

Caffrey keeps the energy level high, and has populated the supporting roles with the most comical-looking character types ever assembled outside of a David Lynch film.

| Jun 18, 2004

The script ... leaves a lot to be desired, strewn with dialogue as flat and stale as old beer and some invented characters who make the events depicted seem more silly than anarchic.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2004

Since his death in 1973, the country singer Gram Parsons's legend has become a figure of worshipful legend, to which this rambling, low-key movie makes a modest contribution.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 17, 2004