Oscar-nominated documentarian Amy Berg paints a heartbreaking portrait of Janis Joplin in a film that simultaneously underlines her incredible talent and power as a performer and the desperate desire for acceptance.

| Oct 21, 2022

Amy Berg's insightful Janis: Little Girl Blue delivers a lot of detail about the life and career of the iconic singer, and none of it is trivial.

| Oct 12, 2021

It's a vivid, vital portrait of an exceptional woman.

| Sep 29, 2021

A scorching, never-seen-before performance of "Me and Bobby McGee" is among the delights of Janis: Little Girl Blue, Amy Berg's insightful, moving documentary about the life of influential blues and rock singer Janis Joplin.

| Sep 29, 2021

Berg's film follows the vicissitudes of Joplin's professional and personal life...Berg treats Joplin's life with a great deal of sympathy.

| Aug 20, 2020

Her pain was in her music, and Joplin exploited it to great effect.

| Aug 2, 2019

Little Girl Blue is an immersive experience.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 20, 2019

Quickly after this fall's release of her groundbreaking expose Prophet's Prey, Oscar-nominated director Amy Berg has delivered another film sure to pique the interest of the general audience, especially those who loved Janis and the music of the 60s.

| Feb 6, 2019

Until Janis Joplin came along. Her scratchy, whiskey-bruised voice arrested a generation and, however accidentally, carved a place for those without a Y chromosome. Little Girl Blue tracks her rock takeover to the very end, up to her tragic death.

| Nov 28, 2018

Puts the music front and centre, where it belongs. A must for fans.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 30, 2018

The music remains astonishing. Every performance seems like a career highlight, and it doesn't seem possible that she could have been so intense all the time.

| Sep 30, 2017

Berg tells Joplin's story so well and lovingly that viewers feel close to her and her music. In this way, they suffer when Joplin suffers, and mourn her when she stops counting the raindrops.

| Jun 20, 2017

The impeccable archival material and testimony from now greying bandmates and contemporaries tell the story of a musician whose commitment to her art left her vulnerable.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 27, 2017

"For fans and the curious alike, this is a must."

| Dec 19, 2016

it's an obvious must-see, yet even newcomers may be surprised at the manner in which Joplin's spirit comes over loud and clear.

| Dec 13, 2016

All you need to know about this documentary is "it's an hour and 40 minutes of Janis, man." Underestimated and misunderstood, it's still Janis.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 12, 2016

[Little Girl Blue shows] how Joplin revelled in her stage persona yet struggled with life: a recipe for triumph then tragedy, here given its punchy and desperately poignant due.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 12, 2016

It looks beyond the wild-child rock-chick cliche to find different shades of Joplin.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 7, 2016

It might now have information you can't find in any biography of the artist, but puts her personal life in a whole new light. [Full review in Spanish]

| Aug 12, 2016

An important film that helps us understand why so many great musicians are part of the 27 club. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Aug 12, 2016