Sing Your Song is broad and complete, but like most biographical documentaries of legendary performers that we've seen of late, it is also hagiographic.

| Aug 30, 2012

By far the best parts are the first two-thirds, with the star taking center stage in history as it unfolds.

| Original Score: B | Aug 30, 2012

Sing Your Song is beautifully directed by Susanne Rostock to be as much about the man as it is about his times.

| Aug 30, 2012

The portrait of Belafonte that emerges from the film is also the portrait of the times of his life, the times of the nation's life in the past 60 years.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 30, 2012

With excerpts of early clips of his first roles, to current interviews with him, the movie details a life of tremendous creativity and courage.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Aug 30, 2012

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 15, 2012

The snag is his own narration, which gilds the lily - and the closer we get to the present, the more everyone drifts into "yes, we can" soundbites.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 8, 2012

An admirable man, and an admirable film about him.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 8, 2012

The man's good works are plain to see, but his personality remains an enigma.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2012

A rewarding watch and an inspirational, informative history lesson which begins more strongly than it ends.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 7, 2012

There's so much more to Belafonte than the Banana Boat Song and Rostock does a fine job revealing it in a fitting celebration of a mighty talent.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 7, 2012

What a man.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 6, 2012

"Harry Belafonte: Sing Your Song" smoothly rewinds an inspirational life.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jan 26, 2012

The film's hagiographic tone is regrettable, but, it must be said, Belafonte's heroism is the real deal.

| Original Score: B+ | Jan 13, 2012

If nothing else, Sing Your Song works as a testament to Belafonte's drive and dedication to causes well outside the usual goals of simply making money.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jan 13, 2012

A film that while quite personal in its storytelling comes without the rigor or the power of an independent filmmaking voice.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 13, 2012

"Sing Your Song" is a vital document of American history, which I recommend to everyone, and also an attempt to massage the patriotic legacy of a complex and polarizing figure.

Full Review | Jan 12, 2012

It's only fitting that Harry Belafonte's big, bountiful life has inspired an expansive, understandably hagiographic documentary, "Sing Your Song."

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 12, 2012

The documentary's pace and energy gives an urgency to the political activism central to the restless Harry Belafonte's remarkable life.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jan 11, 2012

A moving if occasionally wearying hagiography.

| Jan 10, 2012