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8 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 91Original-CinKaren GordonOriginal-CinKaren GordonIf you are not a King Crimson fan, but love music or are interested in the process of making music, then, you should consider watching this documentary anyway.
- 90Film ThreatSabina Dana PlasseFilm ThreatSabina Dana PlasseEach personality comes across with honesty and humility as they encounter age, death, and performance without compromise and on their terms or stage of choice.
- 90VarietyChris WillmanVarietyChris WillmanIn the Court of the Crimson King is really about as good as rock documentaries get, in capturing the essence of a group of musicians and how they relate to each other, the world and a muse whose demands result in literal and figurative calluses.
- 85Film ThreatJosiah TealFilm ThreatJosiah TealIn the Court of King Crimson: King Crimson at 50 is not an exploration of what was or who the band used to be, but rather a voyage into their present and future.
- 80The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennyFripp, an endlessly thoughtful and meticulously articulate guitarist, is the group’s most tireless and paradoxical explainer in the film.
- 80The GuardianLeslie FelperinThe GuardianLeslie FelperinThere’s nothing sentimental about this documentary, which looks at people with the clear, unflinching gaze of a portraitist.
- 67Austin ChronicleAustin ChronicleEven if you have zero interest in “Crimson” or Crimson, see this lovely film to check out an unbelievable badass who never let the specter of death win (and an extremely cool nun).