A wonderful, in-depth look at one of music's most important figures.

| Original Score: 3.5 / 5 | Jun 25, 2021

While not the most inventive or efficient bio-doc, Macdonald's feature serves as the most complete visual record of Marley's legacy, and for that alone it deserves a view or two.

| Nov 19, 2020

When "Marley" was originally released, the rare concert footage and previously unheard music tracks were an exuberantly received revelation.

| Aug 9, 2020

A must-see documentary for Bob Marley fans, but also for fans of politics and making positive change.

| Aug 4, 2020

Marley is a one-of-a-kind documentary with impeccable pacing, beautiful visuals, and honest storytellers willing to deliver even the most unwelcome information.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 30, 2020

Macdonald makes the easy - but understandable - decision to chart a layman's whistlestop tour through the major events and turning points of Marley's life.

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

The end result is a truly fascinating film full of insight and humour.

| Feb 13, 2020

A masterful job weaving together the web of Marley's short and complicated life.

| Original Score: 3.6/5 | Nov 8, 2019

An unadulterated cinematic treat, with Macdonald leaving few stones unturned in his quest to comprehensibly cover the life of this unique, deeply spiritual musical icon.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 5, 2019

A recommended experience, but an infuriatingly shallow film.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Dec 13, 2018

A little more conflict and less beatification would have made for a more insightful film.

| Aug 30, 2018

Although Marley's immense talent, drive, charisma, marketing savvy, and complexity are too big for any film or book to capture, here, at least, they emerge in vibrant glory.

| Aug 5, 2015

Comprehensive docu on iconic reggae musician.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 19, 2013

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jan 22, 2013

| Original Score: 10/10 | Jan 22, 2013

Serve[s] its many audiences, doing so without succumbing to faults that so easily could have plagued the film. Well crafted, with a soundtrack that's drawn from the astounding career of its subject, MARLEY joins the pantheon of top-notch music films.

| Original Score: A | Dec 28, 2012

Concert footage includes some of Bob Marley's best-known songs, "Get Up, Stand Up," "I Shot the Sheriff," "No Woman, No Cry," "One Love" and many others. Interviews with people who knew Marley at different times of his life provide a lot of color.

| Original Score: B | Dec 10, 2012

So far, the definitive biopic documentary on the elusive Bob Marley.

| Original Score: A- | Dec 5, 2012

Viewers will walk away knowing Bob Marley in much more intimate and accurate fashion, rather than the specious, superficial or incomplete picture they may have had before.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Oct 2, 2012

A truly human portrait of an extraordinary life.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 18, 2012