Music may be Honeydripper's most indelible element and Sayles and longtime collaborator, composer Mason Daring, seamlessly incorporate several original songs alongside the soundtrack's period tunes.Read Full Review »
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Salon.com: Andrew O'Hehir
Honeydripper offers a leisurely, atmospheric production with lots of time to appreciate his largely African-American cast, along with rocking musical interludes and just the faintest wash of spirituality.Read Full Review »
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ReelViews: James Berardinelli
With Honeydripper, Sayles has done what he always does: bring together a group of characters and allow us to relish their interaction. His affection for the characters is both obvious and infectious. We like them, warts and all.Read Full Review »
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Philadelphia Inquirer: Carrie Rickey
In its first half, Honeydripper trickles. In its second, it really flows.Read Full Review »
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Boston Globe: Ty Burr
Has John Sayles finally lost his mojo? How anyone could take a subject like the moment the Delta blues went electric and suck the joy and fury out of it is anybody's guess, but the talky, dull "Honeydripper" represents playwriting rather than filmmaking. And didactic playwriting at that.Read Full Review »
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The New York Times: Stephen Holden
Honeydripper is agreeable, well-intentioned and very, very slow. Sadly, it illustrates the difference between an archetype and a stereotype. When the first falls flat, it turns into the other and becomes a cliché.Read Full Review »
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Lisa Schwarzbaum
True to his stolid, humanist instincts and characteristically stodgy directorial style, writer-director John Sayles creates a story more educational than engrossing.Read Full Review »
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Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Trudging nobly under a mantle of impeccably earnest intentions and a fussy, too-quaint-by-half production design, Honeydripper lags and drags to its utterly predictable end. There's not a spark of spontaneity or soul about it.Read Full Review »
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