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5 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80Village VoiceAlan ScherstuhlVillage VoiceAlan ScherstuhlIf you somehow manage to stay dry-eyed through the concert numbers, the end should set you bawling.
- 67The A.V. ClubNick SchagerThe A.V. ClubNick SchagerLian Lunson’s camera allows the music to take center stage via straightforward, graceful compositions—close-ups and medium shots dominate, and edits are kept to a relative minimum—that allow for long, unbroken views of the artists at forceful, mournful work.
- 60Time OutTime OutGiven that the entire show and film is dedicated to McGarrigle, you wish this exquisitely made, undeniably moving family album featured even more of the singer herself.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottAs a musical experience, it is generous and moving. But as a documentary, “Sing Me the Songs” is an awkward hybrid of concert film and rock-star biography.
- 50New York PostFarran Smith NehmeNew York PostFarran Smith NehmeThere are a handful of moments to entrance a non-fan. When the musicians and singers assemble to sing “Proserpina,” the last song McGarrigle ever wrote, with its haunting refrain (“Come home to Mama”), the effect is transcendent.