This documentary will win over those unfamiliar with Sparks as well as providing plenty of pleasure for the band’s many fans.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jan 16, 2025

With a few tweaks, there is a strong movie in here. I just wish that some of the writing didn’t feel as flat and that there was a strong demographic group for the film.

| Original Score: C | Mar 1, 2024

In The Sparks Brothers, master storyteller Edgar Wright introduces us to Sparks, crafting a documentary that’s as captivating, cool and ironic as the pop-rock duo itself.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Sep 18, 2023

It's good to hear their story both from their own mouths and that of a Greek chorus of associates and, less illuminatingly, admirers.

| Nov 29, 2022

What this film does have is lots of passion and affection for its subject. The Boss sang “You can’t start a fire without a spark”. The Sparks Brothers is likely to start that fire for a new generation of fans thanks to Edgar Wright.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 12, 2022

Leave it to Edgar Wright, one of today's most unique and electric directors, to bring a true music story to the screen that defies clichés and instead serves as a celebration of long-lasting talent and collaborative harmony.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Jul 8, 2022

An imaginative documentary, the brothers Mael are interviewed and they take it in stride, capturing the Sparks spirit. [Full review in Spanish]

| Jun 30, 2022

The affectionate tone is perfectly in keeping with Wright, a filmmaker who got his break making a show chock-full of Star Wars references. The Sparks Brothers proves that his passion is an asset rather than a hindrance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 3, 2022

Wright delves into the Maels' life and career, cracking and peeling away at the enigmatic shell to get at the good stuff inside.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 12, 2022

Wright appears to be their biggest fan with a keen understanding of the Sparks brand and the perfect collaborative spirit to let their eccentric personalities shine.

| Original Score: 8/10 | Dec 4, 2021

Their speeches are as brilliant as their song lyrics. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2021

...while undisciplined, Wright's film cements the band's reputation, and may well attract some new fans...

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 16, 2021

Despite the hackneyed technique, Edgar Wright's film... has the main duo's charisma and strange humor in its favor. [Full review in Spanish]

| Nov 15, 2021

Funny, informative, and holistic to a fault - Edgar Wright has no angle other than fanboy gushing - but you will love learning about Sparks (had you not yet been lucky enough to know them already).

| Sep 17, 2021

Hot Fuzz filmmaker Edgar Wright's sublime doc The Sparks Brothers serves as a gleeful crash course on the underappreciated experimental pop band Sparks and what made their music so revolutionary (at times, to the mainstream chagrin).

| Sep 8, 2021

Like all the best music recs, this one comes without even a speck of snobbery. It's genuine, head-over-heels, geeked-out generosity.

| Aug 27, 2021

Wright's predilection for rhythmic editing and silly asides translate effortlessly into the documentary format, perfectly complimenting the Maels' unique brand of humour.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Aug 23, 2021

This film is a gift for Sparks fans. But while I like one or two of their songs, I couldn't take a whole album. The biographical sections and interviews with Russ and Ron were engaging.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 6, 2021

It's the kind of film that makes us want to revisit Sparks' nearly 300 songs and just get lost in them all over again.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 6, 2021

Sweeping and energetic, no band could hope for a better documentary than this.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 4, 2021