What struck me was how messy the film was. When one asks what the film is, it has no concrete answer until the final portion where it gets undeniably raw and important.

| Aug 6, 2023

Swift isn’t perfect but Miss Americana reminds viewers and fans she is human.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 21, 2023

Miss Americana provides Taylor Swift with the space to shed her secrecy, set her story straight, and tell her truth, and she does so with honorable, humanist honesty.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Sep 1, 2022

Swift has clearly felt that pressure — to be young and relatable and relevant — throughout her career, but it’s certainly not unique to her experience.

| Apr 7, 2022

It's bold, brutally honest, and some of Swift's best work yet.

| Dec 29, 2021

Miss Americana is an intimate yet unintrusive look at the life of one of the entertainment industry's biggest stars.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Feb 1, 2021

It successfully humanises Swift without trying to convince you she is "just like you", giving you a glimpse of the pressure and impact of fame on a celebrity's health and voice.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jan 15, 2021

While there are plenty of formulaic moments here, what is the docs' strength is the moment when the curtain is pulled down. When we actually get to see the person. Not just the celebrity or performer.

| Oct 5, 2020

Makes an unbelievable world believable and an unfathomably successful artist seem surprisingly, well, likable.

| Original Score: 3.0/4.0 | Sep 25, 2020

Miss Americana transcends its subject matter and becomes a study of celebrity in modern America. Even if you're not a Taylor Swift fan, you'll be captivated by this glimpse into a universe populated by the ultra-famous.

| Jul 29, 2020

While she undoubtedly gets candid in the film about many issues she's faced in her life, and it's ultimately a feel-good portrayal of [Taylor] Swift, the documentary (directed by Lana Wilson) has a lot of glaring omissions.

| Jul 14, 2020

It humanizes Taylor Swift and gives us a peak behind her public persona, emphasizing the political ideas and motivations behind her creative process. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jul 8, 2020

We don't get 'gotcha' revelations because it's not a tell-all; rather, it's a bildungsroman.

| Jun 30, 2020

A lively but superficial portrait film of America's pop princess.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 23, 2020

Lana Wilson's cleverly controlled yet sincerely self-aware documentary about singer/songwriter Taylor Swift.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Apr 16, 2020

Those who ever doubted Swift's talent, smarts or conviction will find this chronicle eye-opening and extremely entertaining, especially when she's not singing or talking about music.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 29, 2020

I think there this movie has a lot of interesting things to say about fame, interesting things to say about how women are conditioned to be good and be nice and not make waves and get the approval of other people.

| Original Score: 8.5/10 | Mar 5, 2020

I came away with a whole new appreciation for one of the most famous people on the planet.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Mar 5, 2020

Will certainly appeal to Swifties, and will hopefully get those who are skeptical to think about her in a different light.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 2, 2020

It's a well-crafted work which reveals only as much as the camera-aware Swift chooses to reveal.

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