The film is by turns effervescent and sombre, skillfully moving between the two.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 2, 2021

Even if you don't know the backstory, it is all astonishing to watch. If you have ever seen Turner, you will know -- and if you haven't, I cannot capture her talent and charisma with only the paltry resource of the written word at my disposal.

| Apr 1, 2021

From electrifying concert performances to intimate footage with her family, a composite of the real Tina Turner starts to form.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Mar 31, 2021

"I hope she knows how loved she is," says Bassett. Tina ensures that there's no possible doubt.

| Mar 31, 2021

It is Turner's reflection, her thank-you and her true farewell. With a career that stretched back to 1957, the singer has given us more than we ever deserved. Now, she's saving the rest of it for herself.

| Mar 30, 2021

Tina is, in many ways, a triumph: a compelling exploration of one of rock's most important performers, crafted in a way that, finally, might allow her to stop talking about a history that remains damaging to revisit.

| Mar 30, 2021

What stands out about Tina is that it takes her seriously as an artist, which remains an uphill battle for women in rock music.

| Mar 29, 2021

It's one of the best music documentaries I've seen in recent years, a movie whose openheartedness, honesty and warmth repeatedly took my away.

| Mar 29, 2021

The fact that the filmmakers don't overstuff the film with friends and experts lets her career and life speak for itself. When you look at who is featured, there aren't many more people who need to be brought in to tell her tale.

| Mar 29, 2021

The film doesn't seem particularly interested in who Turner is as an artist, or her creative inclinations and musical instincts.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Mar 29, 2021

Part tribute, part reconciliation, "Tina" makes a beautiful case for why survival sometimes means saying goodbye.

| Mar 29, 2021

A complete, if slightly overlong, view of Tina Turner's life and career, the film is a deeply felt portrait of audacious talent and reinvention. The results are incredibly poignant.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 28, 2021

As a tribute, it's a disappointing slog for an always-vibrant legend.

| Original Score: C | Mar 27, 2021

The uplifting movie blends the singer's dramatic life story, of abuse and struggle and triumphant comeback, with knockout performance clips.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 27, 2021

This documentary really makes you look at [Tina Turner] with fresh eyes, as well as admire her artistry, survival, and her resilience.

| Mar 26, 2021

The film is packed with archival footage of the Ike & Tina Turner Revue and puts the work in a music context. It also allows Turner herself to talk about being trapped in a life story that, publicly, is dominated by her escape from Ike.

| Mar 26, 2021

Rock and roll is not just a young person's game. Tina understands this deeply.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Mar 26, 2021

Tina is that rare documentary that leaves you craving an encore, as if two hours weren't quite enough to do Tina Turner's life and career justice.

| Mar 26, 2021

Tina the movie triumphs much as she herself did -- by recounting and coming to terms with a difficult past. But it also makes you wonder at what price.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 26, 2021

There's plenty to mull over, a fine array of contributors and wonderful archive material.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 26, 2021